_Herva_: lit. herb: applied to the leaf of _ilex paraguayensis_, known in Brazil as _herva matte_ and in Spanish America as yerba maté. _Herval_, forest of trees from which leaf is obtained: pl. _hervaes_. _Matadouro_: slaughterhouse. _Matto_: wild Brazilian woodland: _matteiro_, expert forester. _Modinha_: Brazilian folk-song: term _fado_ also used. _Parecer_: lit. opinion; generally applied to views given upon public matters by eminent men. _Paroara_: person going from another district to work in the Amazon rubber country. _Pauta_: rate of export tax; changed frequently in response to international market prices for such Braz. goods as cacao, rubber, tobacco, sugar, etc. _Patrão_: owner or manager of estate or business. _Pelle_: ball of rubber made by seringueiros. _Praieiro_: one who lives by the _praia_, or shore. _Rebanho_: stock of animals, herd or flock. _Regatão_: row-boats of petty traders upon Amazonian waterways. _Resaca_: violent wave-movement, often seen in Rio and Recife, when a receding meets an oncoming wave and water is thrown up; _resacas_ along the Rio sea-front often throw spray sixty feet into the air. _Romaria_: pilgrimage made by religious-minded to the places where there are churches containing images of special devotion. _Safra_: time of harvest; the crop yield is the _colheita_. _Seringa_: gum of _hevea brasiliensis_; _seringueira_, rubber tree; _seringueiro_, man who collects rubber; _seringal_, rubber district in forest—pl. _seringaes_. _Serra_: mountain range; _serro_, small hill. (_Montanha_, mountain.) _Sertão_: Brazilian interior; pl. _sertões_. _Sertanejo_, _sertanista_, one who dwells in the sertão. _Tropa_: troop—generally of mules, used for cargo carrying in interior of central and northern states; term also used in original sense of military regiment or battalion; _tropeiro_, the conductor of a troop of cargo mules or other animals. _Vaqueiro_: (from _vaca_, cow)—employee specially employed upon stock-breeding estates. Compare with _gaucho_, the cowboy of the South. [Illustration: MAP OF BRAZIL Adapted from the Railway Map arranged by Dr. Miguel Calmon for the Brazilian Government ] INDEX A A. B. C. Treaty, 120–122. Acre Territory, 194, 204, 324. Affonso Penna, 81; colony, 71. Agricultural methods, 256, 257. Agua-marinhas, 260. Aguas Virtuosas, 315. Alagôas, 39, 151, 271, 297, 324. Alagoinhas, 150. Albuquerque, Jeronymo, 37. Alcobaça, 155. Alto da Serra, 130. Alves, Rodrigues, 81, 106, 174. Amazonas, State, 180–234, 297, 313, 319. Amazon river, 161, 162; basin, 3, 73; rubber industry, 180–234; Navigation company, 161. Anchieta, José de, 22. Apartaçao do gado, 85. Aracajú, 150, 151, 324. Araguary, 141.