128 TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



inanners, civilisation and luxury are already intro- 

 duced, and to which they are much inferior. 



We left Villa de Campanha the next morning, 

 having first parted with our troublesome fugitive, 

 that we might not run the risk of again losing him, 

 to the Juiz de Fosa, who had just lost several ne- 

 groes by a fall of earth in his mines. From this 

 time (the 14th of February) the rainy season in 

 this latitude seemed to be quite over. This cir- 

 circumstance and the confidence we could repose 

 in our honest guide, a Paulista of Jundiahy, who 

 relieved us from all care about the mules, the pro- 

 curing of the supplies, and the proper packing of 

 our chests, enhanced the pleasure of the journey 

 through this country, which appeared to become 

 more beautiful and interesting at every step we 

 advanced. 



It is usual in Minas to complete the day's jour- 

 ney without halting. We therefore travelled every 

 day from six or seven in the morning to two or 

 three o'clock in the afternoon, when we unloaded 

 at a rancho, or more rarely in the open fields, 

 where only water was to be had. The mules were 

 fed with maize and after being carefully examined 

 to see whether they were in good condition, were 

 driven to the pasture ; the same meal was prepared 

 as in the morning, with the addition of the birds 

 and monkeys we had shot upon the way ; and our 

 baggage was arranged in such a manner to be best 



