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TO
H. E. LAURO MÜLLER
SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR BRAZIL, AND TO HIS
GOVERNMENTAL COLLEAGUES
AND TO
COLONEL RONDON
GALLANT OFFICER, HIGH-MINDED GENTLEMAN, AND INTREPID EXPLORER
AND TO HIS ASSISTANTS
CAPTAIN AMILCAR, LIEUTENANT LYRA, LIEUTENANT MELLO, LIEUTENANT LAURIADÓ, AND DOCTOR CAJAZEIRA, OF THE BRAZILIAN ARMY, AND EUSEBIO OLIVEIRA
OUR COMPANIONS IN SCIENTIFIC WORK AND IN THE EXPLORATION OF THE WILDERNESS
THIS BOOK
IS INSCRIBED, WITH ESTEEM, REGARD, AND AFFECTION
BY THEIR FRIEND
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
