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CHAP. XV 



UECRUITING. — IMAGES. ANIMALS. — MARACAS, — 



APOLLINARIO, MANDINGA AND POULTRY. HIERO- 

 GLYPHICS. — FESTIVAL OF OUR LADY OF CONCEPTION. 



— FANDANGOS. — THE FORT. — A CHRISTENING. 



THE INTRUDO. THE AUTHOR LEAVES BRAZIL. 



FN the months of August and September, I 

 was fully employed in planting cane. I hired 

 a number of free labourers, and was under the 

 necessity, in a great measure, of attending to 

 the work myself. Of this I shall take another 

 opportunity of speaking. 



About this time were issued orders from the 

 Governor for recruiting the regiments of the 

 line. The men who are required are pressed 

 into the service. The orders were forwarded to 

 the Capitaens-mores, who again distributed them 

 to the captains. The directions were on this 

 occasion, and indeed always are, that men of 

 bad character between the ages of sixteen and 

 sixty shall be apprehended, and sent to Recife 

 for enlistment ; and that every family containing 

 two or more unmarried sons shall give one for 

 the service of the country. But it is on these 

 occasions that tyranny has its full sway, that 

 caprice and pique have their full vent j that the 



