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portable. We reached the end of the Goajara about 

 midday, and then entered the narrower channel of the 

 Mojii. Up this we travelled, partly rowing and partly 

 sailing between the same unbroken walls of forest, until 

 the morning of the 28th. 



August 29th. — The Moju, a stream little inferior to 

 the Thames in size, is connected about 20 miles from 

 its mouth by means of a short artificial canal mth a 

 small stream, the Igarape-mirim, which flows the 

 opposite way into the water-system of the Tocantins. 

 Small vessels like ours take this route in preference to 

 the stormy passage by way of the main river, although 

 the distance is considerably greater. We passed through 

 the canal yesterday, and to-day have been threading our 

 way through a labj^i-inth of narrow channels ; their banks 

 all clothed with the same magnificent forest ; but 

 agTeeably varied by houses of planters and settlers. 

 We passed many quite large establishments, besides 

 one pretty little village, called Santa Anna. All these 

 channels are" washed through by the tides, — the ebb, 

 contrary to what takes place in the short canal, setting 

 towards the Tocantins. The water is almost tepid 

 (77° Fahr.), and the rank vegetation all around seems 

 reeking with moisture. The country however, as we 

 were told, is perfectly healthy. Some of the houses 

 are built on wooden piles driven into the mud of the 

 swamp. 



In the afternoon we reached the end of the last 

 channel, called the Anapu, which runs for several miles 

 between two unbroken lines of fan-leaved palms, 

 forming with their straight stems colossal palisades. 



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