PASMADO. 



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plot of land. As soon as I took possession, one 

 of his sons wished to commence law proceedings 

 with me, in spite of several awards which had 

 been given against his father. I began to make 

 a fence around the piece of land which I had 

 taken, and he immediately did all in his power 

 to prevent me from accomplishing my object ; 

 however, as he saw that whatever he said was of 

 no avail, he set off to Goiana to seek redress by 

 law. This I discovered accidentally in the 

 evening. In the morning at four o'clock I 

 mounted on horseback, and followed him to 

 Goiana, accompanied by Fidel es, a Creole negro, 

 in the place of Manoel, who was disabled for 

 some time by the occurrence which has been 

 related. 



I proceeded through the plantation of Am- 

 paro, and reached the spot at which passengers 

 embark in the canoe that plies between the 

 island and the main land. The tide was out, 

 and we entered among the mangroves, through 

 which a path has been made in the mud ; it is 

 dangerous to allow the horse to step out of this, 

 as the slime is deep on either side. We stood 

 at the water's edge, just beyond the mangroves, 

 and hailed the ferryman, until he shoved off and. 

 came towards the island. The mosquitos perse- 

 cuted us unmercifully during this delay, and it 

 was with difficulty we prevented our horses from 

 treading out of the path. The channel is here 



