132 AMAZOKIA AND LA PLATA. 



" the best in the world." At any rate, it commands the highest price on the 

 Bahia market. 



Beyond the important riverine port and military station of Jarupensen, 50 

 miles below Goyaz, follow at long intervals a few other little settlements, such as 

 LeopokUna, at the confluence of the Vermelho with the Araguay, and 8. Joao 

 das daas Barras at the confluence of the Araguay with the Tocantins. But 8. Jouo 

 de Araguaya, as it is also called, never can become an important riverside port, 

 the navigation being obstructed by numerous falls and rapids, both above and 

 below this station. Below the last (Itaboca) falls, where the united waters flow 

 with a tranquil navigable current, the Tocantins ceases to belong to Goyaz. 

 Here it enters the province of Para, which it traverses for the rest of its course 

 to the estuary. 



