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got thereby another stage nearer the end of his journey. 

 A short thne after reaching Cayenne he shipped in a 

 schooner that was going to Para, or rather the island 

 of Marajo, for a cargo of cattle. He had now fixed 

 himself, after all his wanderings, in a healthy and fertile 

 little nook on the banks of a rivulet near Caripi, built 

 himself a log hut, and planted a large patch of mandiocca 

 and Indian corn. He seemed to be quite happy, but 

 his wife complained much of the want of wholesome 

 food, meat and wheaten bread. I asked the children 

 whether they liked the country ; they shook their heads, 

 and said they would rather be in Illinois. Petzell told 

 me that his Indian neighbours treated him very kindly ; 

 one or other of them called almost every day to see 

 how he was getting on, and they had helped him in 

 many ways. He had a high opinion of the Tapuyos, 

 and said, " If you treat them well, they will go through 

 fire to serve you.". 



Petzell and his family were expert insect collectors, 

 so I employed them at this work during my stay at 

 Caripi. The daily occurrences here were after a uniform 

 fashion. I rose with the dawn, took a cup of coffee, and 

 then sallied forth after birds. At ten I breakfasted, and 

 devoted the hours from ten until three to entomology. 

 The evening was occupied in preserving and storing my 

 captures. Petzell and I sometimes undertook long excur- 

 sions, occupying the whole day. Our neighbours used 

 to bring me all the quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, and 

 shells they met with, and so altogether I was enabled 

 to acquire a good collection of the productions of the 

 district. 



