"I am so happy! I am so happy!" repeated Minha, as she had done on the day when she had first known of Manoel's request. "We shall now see the sss in all its glory throughout its course through the provinces of Brazil! Thanks, father!"
And the young enthusiast, whose imagination was already stirred, continued to her brother and to Manoel:
"Let us be off to the library! Let us get hold of every book and every map that we can find which will tell us anything about this magnificent river system! Don't let us travel like blind folks! I want to see everything and know everything about this king of the rivers of the earth!"
CHAPTER V
THE AMAZON
"THE LARGEST river in the whole world!" said Benito to Manoel Valdez, on the morrow.
They were sitting on the bank which formed the southern bounda
