The Land of to Morrow a Newspaper Exploration Up the Amazon And Over the Andes
The Land of to Morrow a Newspaper Exploration Up the Amazon And Over the Andes
Joseph Orton Kerbey
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Most of these are accompanied hy women from Para and Manaos with whom they live until an opportunity occurs to trade them off to some half savage native. There were a number of this class on the Joan Alfredo, two or three quite pretty, but showing something of the Indian and Portuguese in their features and figures. We had also one Peruvian dona of the better class, who could talk quite good English in a sweet voice which sounded more agreeable than the Portuguese. The captains of the river boa...ts are also the chief cooks or caterers for the passengers. The steamboat company sells only the transportation, the captain pro- viding the food and collecting for the meals. This is his perquisite and much depends on the reputation of 2, 000 MILES ON AMAZON BOAT 85 a captain in this direction, the best table securing the most passengers. The Brazileiros enjoy a good feed, delaying sometimes weeks to take passage with a favorite captain. This accounted for our crowded list on the Joan Alfredo. As a rule the table fare is wretched, the cooking being of the highly seasoned stews, of meats and gravies over which the people sprinkle or shovel quantities of the mandioca meal, the bread of the poor, resembling corn meal in appearance.
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