CHAPTER II.

PARÁ.

Festas--Portuguese and Brazilian currency--M. Borlaz' estate--Walk to the rice-mills--The virgin forest, its plants and insects--Milk-tree--Saw and rice-mills--Caripé or pottery-tree--India-rubber-tree--Flowers and trees in blossom--Saüba ants, wasps, and chegoes--Journey by water to Magoary--The monkeys--The commandante at Laranjeiras--Vampire bats--The timber-trade--Boa constrictor and sloth 13