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make some of them surrender. The men who 

 were stationed here received no pay, and yet 

 they were poor. They would probably have 

 been quietly at their work at home, without the 

 thoughts of violence or barbarity which they now 

 entertained, if the perverse institutions of their 

 country did not bring them forward and teach 

 them to be ruffians, at first lawfully; but bad 

 habits are not easily conquered, and the chance 

 is, or rather there is a certainty, that most of 

 those who had been so employed were rendered 

 worse subjects than they had been before. The 

 track of coast between the main land opposite 

 to Conception and the Rio Doce is within one 

 district, and it was upon this part of the road 

 that the chief disturbance seemed to be going 

 on. The Ca-pitam-moy^ had taken it for granted 

 that no one would give his children for the ser- 

 vice, and therefore had, without asking, imme- 

 diately commenced operations of violence, 

 taking the people unawares, that as many re- 

 cruits as possible might be obtained, and his zeal 

 in the service made manifest. From the Doce 

 to Olinda, the coast is in the district of Olinda, 

 and here all was quiet ; the Capitam-mor had 

 followed the orders of the Governor strictly, 

 and things were as regularly conducted as the 

 system would allow. These facts are mentioned 

 to «how, that the performance even of the orders 

 of the provincial Governor, who resides within a. 



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