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another commotion among my men, most of whom live at 

 Paraopeba. I had to appease them, and said, What was 

 the good of going sixteen miles one day to make special 

 intercession against small-pox, and the next day getting 

 into a " blue funk " about it, thinking their prayers were 

 not heard ? Then I had to bargain with three men, and, 

 after a lot of haggling and naggling and beating down 

 exorbitant prices, I arranged with one fellow to go and get 

 my things. He afterwards turned "funky" and did not 

 go. After all, I settled with another man, who finally 

 brought up all I needed on September I. So I was at 

 last comfortable, after nearly three weeks of comparative 

 roughing it, as far as bed and bedding were concerned. 



August 28. I found my poor little bridge destroyed, 

 two flag-poles (ranging-rods) carried off, and three angle- 

 pegs torn up, by the orders of the owner of the land. 



August, 29. I have omitted to mention before, that 

 when the chief returned from Pitanguy he brought with him 

 a young man, one of the masters at the collegio there, to 

 spend the vacation of two months in my camp, and to 

 learn English. His name is Vicente de Azevedo Souza, 

 aged nineteen. I like him very much, and he has chosen 

 to stay with me, and not go about with the chief. To-day 

 he shot, in the picada, a very pretty species of " Picapao," 

 woodpecker (Celeus Jlavescens, Gmel.), which has a 'long 

 yellow crest on his head. I bought for dinner a "jacu," 

 which is larger than a fowl, brown meat, fat, and delicious. 

 In the evening I shot some ortolans (rola\ which are per- 

 fection ; so our larder is well stocked, and the expenses 

 are low. During the first ten days the cost of my living 

 in camp was sixteen shillings, exclusive of liquor. Pro- 

 visions are cheap, as a rule : rice is 200 reis (4^.) a litre, 

 feijoes 4^., farinha 3^., coffee 15^! a kilo., chickens 4</. or ^d. 



