Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn among Cannibal Indians

It is difficult, if not impossible, to find a more hospitable and generous nation than the Brazilian. The recollection of my trip through the wilds of Amazonas lingers in all its details, and although my experiences were not always of a pleasant character, yet the good treatment and warm reception accorded me make me feel the deepest sense of gratitude to the Brazilians, whose generosity will always abide in my memory. There is in the Brazilian language a word that better than any other describes the feeling with which one remembers a sojourn in Brazil. This word, saudades, is charged with an abundance of sentiment, and, though a literal translation of it is difficult to arrive at, its meaning approaches "sweet memories of bygone days."Lange, Algot is the author of 'Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn among Cannibal Indians', published 2007 under ISBN 9781595478702 and ISBN 1595478701.