. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . 4 size. Map of the Amazon Delta and MarajoIsland ....... 342 Writing Manuscript in the Wilderness . 343 Sketch Map of North-Eastern Brazil . 444 Map of the State of Para . At End In the Region ofThe Lower Amazon. CHAPTER I Para to the Tocantins River r was in April, 1913, that I startedfrom Para on my first journey ofthis expedition. At the appointedhour, six in the morning, I boardeda steam launch at the old docks andmet there the owner, Senhor E. Levy, who pre-sented me to
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . 4 size. Map of the Amazon Delta and MarajoIsland ....... 342 Writing Manuscript in the Wilderness . 343 Sketch Map of North-Eastern Brazil . 444 Map of the State of Para . At End In the Region ofThe Lower Amazon. CHAPTER I Para to the Tocantins River r was in April, 1913, that I startedfrom Para on my first journey ofthis expedition. At the appointedhour, six in the morning, I boardeda steam launch at the old docks andmet there the owner, Senhor E. Levy, who pre-sented me to Dr. Goeldi, a Swiss by birth, whooccupied the position of director of a large plan-tation on the Moju River. I later learned to knowthis worthy doctor as a scientist and investigatorof ability, and conversant with all phases of NorthBrazilian biology. The steamer was not quite ready to depart asthe engineer could not be found. He had beenobserved, by a fireman, to leave in the generaldirection of a hotequim, or place for liquidrefreshments, and a sailor was promptly dispatchedto fetch him. THE LOWER AMAZON In the meantime I had an opportunity to studythe water-front. An old cathedral, the Se church,looms up behind the docks and the narrow streetsflanking the river itself. This is the old part ofPara, or the cidade velha, w
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