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lutionary days of 1835-6 are popularly called. He 

 said he had been much suspected himself of being a 

 rebel ; but declared that the suspicion was unfounded. 

 The only complaint he had to make against the white 

 man was, that he monopolised the land without having 

 any intention or prospect of cultivating it. He had 

 been turned out of one place where he had squatted 

 and cleared a large piece of forest. I believe the law 

 of Brazil at this time was that the new lands should 

 become the property of those who cleared and cultivated 

 them, if their right was not disputed within a given 

 term of years by some one who claimed the proprietor- 

 ship. This land-law has since been repealed, and a new 

 one adopted founded on that of the United States. 

 Raimundo spoke of his race as the red-skins, "pelle 

 vermelho ;" they meant well to the whites, and only 

 begged to be let alone. "God," he said, " had given 

 room enough for us all." It was pleasant to hear the 

 shrewd good-natured fellow talk in this strain. Our 

 companion, Joaquim, had fallen asleep ; the night air 

 was cool, and the moonlight lit up the features of Rai- 

 mundo, revealing a more animated expression than is 

 usually observable in Indian countenances. I always 

 noticed that Indians were more cheerful on a voyage, 

 especially in the cool hours of night and morning, than 

 when ashore. There is something in their constitution 

 of body which makes them feel excessively depressed in 

 the hot hours of the day, especially inside their houses. 

 Their skin is always hot to the touch. They certainly do 

 not endure the heat of their own climate so well as 

 the whites. The negroes are totally different in this 



