ARRIVAL AT SnCf:CO 



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siuKlcnlv pill liis li.'iiiil nil tlic beast's withers, and scciii-cil the 

 x'anipire. lii tin- miiniiiiL;- the spot whei'e the bili- had been 

 iiiflicteLl was easily ih'stinL;aiislie(l iVmil beinc;' sliL;htl\- s\\Tillen 

 ami bldiKly, The tliird day alterw ards \vc rode the horse, with- 

 euit any ill effects. 



Ap}-il I 3///. — After thix'c (bays' travellinq; wc .ai-|-i\'cd at 

 Socego, the estate of Senhur Manuel b^iguireda, a relation of 

 one of our ])art\-. The liousc was simple, and, though like a 

 barn in form, was well suited to the climate. ]n the sitting- 

 room gilded cliairs and sfjfas were eiddU' contrasted w ith the 



VAMriRE H.\T (nrSMODL"'; D''TRDrGNVl). CAMiirr ()\ ISA'.K (Jl uakwin's mdrse 

 NEAR CO'jUlMBri. HEAD, I-ULL S|Zi. 



whitc\\'ashcd ^\•alls, thatched n«jf, and windows w ithr]ut glas.s. 

 Tlie house, togetlier with the granaries, the stables, and work- 

 shr)ps for tlie blacks, who liad been taught warinus trades, formed 

 a rude kinti of quadrangle ; in tlie centre cjf which a large j.iile 

 of coffee was drying. These buildings stand nn a little liill, 

 o\-crlooking the cultivated ground, and .surronndei.! on e\er_\- 

 sidc b\- a wall nl dark gi'eeii liLxuriant Inrest. The chief prnduce 

 of this part 111 the countr\' is cnllee. b^ach tree is supposed to 

 )-ielcl annuall)-, on an a\erage, two pounds; but some gi\e as 

 mucli as eight. Alandioca or cassava is likewise cullixated in 



