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nated by tlie loftiest summits of the Serra Mantiqueiru ; Barra Mansa, whose 

 name (" Easy Bar ") indicates the mild character of the neighbouring rapids ; 

 Barra do Plrahy, at the confluence of the Rio Pirahy ; Parahyha do Siil, named 

 from the mainstream itself ; Entrcrios, at the Parahybuna confluence. 



Other towns, such as Rio Clara, Vassonras, Vaio/ça, and Caidagallo, although 

 not situated in the Parahyba basin properly so called, belong, nevertheless, to the 

 same agricultural zone, and have merely a local importance. On the other hand, 

 Petropolis, T/wrezopo/is, and Nora Friburgo, although lying on the Parahyba 

 slope, belong to the capital, of which they are advanced suburbs and health 



Fi^. 77. — Campos and the Lower Paeahypa. 

 Scale 1 : 1,100,000. 



A\'AQ' West oF Grsenwich 



A\'2Q' 



18 Miles. 



resorts on the breezy uplands. An older- settlement is S. FideUs, below the Dous 

 E-ios confluence, formerly peoj^led by Coroados and Puri Indians. The Purl, that 

 is, "Brigands," as their neighbours called them, still survived in the tribal state 

 down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Their small stature and Mon- 

 golian physiognomy were the astonishment of all travellers. 



Campos, on the south (right) bank of the Parahyba some 38 miles above its 

 mouth, lies in an extremely fertile district at the head of the fluvial navigation 

 and below all the affluents. Here were established the blockhouses and depots for 

 the early settlers in the valley ; here the planters built their sumptuous residences ; 

 here converge ;ill the natural routes and railways of the district ; and here the 



