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Commencement of a Long Journey.--The Gulf Stream.--Hayti.--Sighting St. Thomas.--Ship Rock.--Expert Divers.--Fidgety Old Lady.--An Important Island.--The Old Slaver.--Aborigines.--St. Thomas Cigars.--Population.--Tri-Mountain.--The Negro Paradise.--Hurricanes.--Variety of Fish...
Commencement of a Long Journey.--The Gulf Stream.--Hayti.--Sighting St. Thomas.--Ship Rock.--Expert Divers.--Fidgety Old Lady.--An Important Island.--The Old Slaver.--Aborigines...
29. CHAPTER XII.Buenos Ayres.--Extent of the Argentine Republic.--Population.--Narrow Streets.--Large Public Squares.--Basques.--Poor Harbor.--Railway System.--River Navigation.--Tramways.--The...
28. CHAPTER XI.Port of Santos.--Yellow Fever Scourge.--Down the Coast to Montevideo.--The Cathedral.--Pamperos.--Domestic Architecture.--A Grand Thoroughfare.--City Institutions.--Commercial A...
21. CHAPTER IV.Curious Ocean Experiences.--The Delicate Nautilus.--Flying-Fish.--The Southern Cross.--Speaking a Ship at Sea.--Scientific Navigation.--South America as a Whole.--Fauna and Flor...
30. CHAPTER XIII.City of Rosario.--Its Population.--A Pretentious Church.--Ocean Experiences.--Morbid Fancies.--Strait of Magellan.--A Great Discoverer.--Local Characteristics.--Patagonians and...
25. CHAPTER VIII.Cape Frio.--Rio Janeiro.--A Splendid Harbor.--Various Mountains.--Botafogo Bay.--The Hunchback.--Farewell to the Vigilancia.--Tijuca.--Italian Emigrants.--City Institutions.--Pu...
23. CHAPTER VI.Island of Marajo.--Rare and Beautiful Birds.--Original Mode of Securing Humming-Birds.--Maranhao.--Educational.--Value of Native Forests.--Pernambuco.--Difficulty of Landing.--A...
22. CHAPTER V.City of Para.--The Equatorial Line.--Spanish History.--The King of Waters.--Private Gardens.--Domestic Life in Northern Brazil.--Delicious Pineapples.--Family Pets.--Opera House...
26. CHAPTER IX.Outdoor Scenes in Rio Janeiro.--The Little Marmoset.--The Fish Market.--Secluded Women.--The Romish Church.--Botanical Garden.--Various Species of Trees.--Grand Avenue of Royal...
33. CHAPTER XVI.The Port of Callao.--A Submerged City.--Peruvian Exports.--A Dirty and Unwholesome Town.--Cinchona Bark.--The Andes.--The Llama.--A National Dance.--City of Lima.--An Old and In...
34. CHAPTER XVII.A Grand Plaza.--Retribution.--The University of Lima.--Significance of Ancient Pottery.--Architecture.--Picturesque Dwelling.--Domestic Scene.--Destructive Earthquakes.--Spanish...
32. CHAPTER XV.Valparaiso.--Principal South American Port of the Pacific.--A Good Harbor.--Tallest Mountain on this Continent.--The Newspaper Press.--Warlike Aspect.--Girls as Car Conductors.-...
31. CHAPTER XIV.The Land of Fire.--Cape Horn.--In the Open Pacific.--Fellow Passengers.--Large Sea-Bird.--An Interesting Invalid.--A Weary Captive.--A Broken-Hearted Mother.--Study of the Heave...
19. CHAPTER II.Curious Seaweed.--Professor Agassiz.--Myth of a Lost Continent.--Island of Martinique.--An Attractive Place.--Statue of the Empress Josephine.--Birthplace of Madame de Maintenon...
24. CHAPTER VII.Port of Bahia.--A Quaint Old City.--Former Capital of Brazil.--Whaling Interests.--Beautiful Panorama.--Tramways.--No Color Line Here.--The Sedan Chair.--Feather Flowers.--Great...
20. CHAPTER III.English Island of Barbadoes.--Bridgetown the Capital.--The Manufacture of Rum.--A Geographical Expert.--Very English.--A Pest of Ants.--Exports.--The Ice House.--A Dense Populat...
27. CHAPTER X.Petropolis.--Summer Residence of the Citizens of Rio.--Brief Sketch of the late Royal Family.--Dom Pedro's Palace.--A Delightful Mountain Sanitarium.--A Successful but Bloodless...
16. CHAPTER XVI.The Port of Callao.--A Submerged City.--Peruvian Exports.--A Dirty and Unwholesome Town.--Cinchona Bark.--The Andes.--The Llama.--A National Dance.--City of Lima.--An Old and In...
1. CHAPTER I.Commencement of a Long Journey.--The Gulf Stream.--Hayti.--Sighting St. Thomas.--Ship Rock.--Expert Divers.--Fidgety Old Lady.--An Important Island.--The Old Slaver.--Aborigines...
2. CHAPTER II.Curious Seaweed.--Professor Agassiz.--Myth of a Lost Continent.--Island of Martinique.--An Attractive Place.--Statue of the Empress Josephine.--Birthplace of Madame de Maintenon...
7. CHAPTER VII.Port of Bahia.--A Quaint Old City.--Former Capital of Brazil.--Whaling Interests.--Beautiful Panorama.--Tramways.--No Color Line Here.--The Sedan Chair.--Feather Flowers.--A Gre...
14. CHAPTER XIV.The Land of Fire.--Cape Horn.--In the Open Pacific.--Fellow Passengers.--Large Sea-Bird.--An Interesting Invalid.--A Weary Captive.--A Broken-Hearted Mother.--Study of the Heave...
3. CHAPTER III.English Island of Barbadoes.--Bridgetown the Capital.--The Manufacture of Rum.--A Geographical Expert.--Very English.--A Pest of Ants.--Exports.--The Ice House.--A Dense Populat...
4. CHAPTER IV.Curious Ocean Experiences.--The Delicate Nautilus.--Flying-Fish.--The Southern Cross.--Speaking a Ship at Sea.--Scientific Navigation.--South America as a Whole.--Fauna and Flor...
6. CHAPTER VI.Island of Marajo.--Rare and Beautiful Birds.--Original Mode of Securing Humming-Birds.--Maranhao.--Educational.-- Value of Native Forests.--Pernambuco.--Difficulty of Landing.--...
9. CHAPTER IX.Outdoor Scenes in Rio Janeiro.--The Little Marmoset.--The Fish Market.--Secluded Women.--The Romish Church.--Botanical Garden.--Various Species of Trees.--Grand Avenue of Royal...
13. CHAPTER XIII.City of Rosario.--Its Population.--A Pretentious Church.--Ocean Experiences.--Morbid Fancies.--Strait of Magellan.--A Great Discoverer.--Local Characteristics.--Patagonians and...
15. CHAPTER XV.Valparaiso.--Principal South American Port of the Pacific.--A Good Harbor.--Tallest Mountain on this Continent.--The Newspaper Press.--Warlike Aspect.--Girls as Car Conductors.-...
5. CHAPTER V.City of Para.--The Equatorial Line.--Spanish History.--The King of Waters.--Private Gardens.--Domestic Life in Northern Brazil.--Delicious Pineapples.--Family Pets.--Opera House...
10. CHAPTER X.Petropolis.--Summer Residence of the Citizens of Rio.--Brief Sketch of the late Royal Family.--Dom Pedro's Palace.--A Delightful Mountain Sanitarium.--A Successful but Bloodless...
12. CHAPTER XII.Buenos Ayres.--Extent of the Argentine Republic.--Population.--Narrow Streets.--Large Public Squares.--Basques.--Poor Harbor.--Railway System.--River Navigation.--Tramways.--The...
11. CHAPTER XI.Port of Santos.--Yellow Fever Scourge.--Down the Coast to Montevideo.--The Cathedral.--Pamperos.--Domestic Architecture.--A Grand Thoroughfare.--City Institutions.--Commercial A...
17. CHAPTER XVII.A Grand Plaza.--Retribution.--The University of Lima.--Significance of Ancient Pottery.--Architecture.--Picturesque Dwelling.--Domestic Scene.--Destructive Earthquakes.--Spanish...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Cape Frio.--Rio Janeiro.--A Splendid Harbor.--Various Mountains.--Botafogo Bay.--The Hunchback.--Farewell to the Vigilancia.--Tijuca.--Italian Emigrants.--City Institutions.--Pu...