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the impassiveness of the Indian as their varying complexion 

 from the dark skin, which knows neither blush nor pallor ? 

 We could have but little conversation with these people, 

 for, with the exception of the chief and one or two men 

 who acted as interpreters, they spoke only the &quot; lingua 

 geral,&quot; and did not understand Portuguese. 



December ~L5th. After the Indians had left us yesterday, 

 we proceeded on our way to another settlement, where we 

 expected to find a considerable village. We arrived after 

 dark, and some of the party went on shore ; but they found 

 only a grass-grown path and deserted houses. The whole 

 population was in the forest. To-day, however, two or 

 three canoesful of people have come off to the steamer 

 to greet the President and receive their presents. Among 

 them was an old woman who must have come originally 

 from some more primitive settlement. The lower part 

 of her face was tattooed in a bluish-black tint, covering 

 the mouth and lower part of the cheeks to the base of 

 the ears. Below this the chin was tattooed in a kind of 

 network, no doubt considered very graceful and becoming 

 in her day and generation. A black line was drawn across 

 the nose, and from the outer corner of the eyes to the 

 ears, giving the effect of a pair of spectacles. The upper 

 part of the breast was tattooed in an open-work, headed 

 by two straight lines drawn around the shoulders as if 

 to represent a coarse lace finish, such as one constantly 

 sees around the necks of their chemises. They left us at 

 breakfast, and we are now on our way back to Mauhes, 

 after a most interesting excursion. 



December ~LQth. Mauhes. We arrived here yesterday 

 at midday, and, as it happened, we found in the village 

 an Indian and his wife, who, as specimens of the genuine 



