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RETURN TO GOIANA. 



We set off at the time the tide was flowing, and 

 proceeded along the beach, until about eleven 

 o'clock we reached the house of a Capitam-mor, 

 quite a first-rate man in this part of the world. 

 It was a mud cottage, as bad or worse than that 

 of any labourer in England, situated upon the 

 burning sands, with a pool of salt water before 

 the door, which is never quite dry, consequently 

 breeds insects of all kinds. We crossed two 

 ferries in the course of the morning ; the con- 

 veyances are small jangadas * ; the saddle is 

 placed upon it, and the horse swims by the side, 

 whilst the rider stands upon the raft, and holds 

 the reins. The ferryman either paddles across 

 the stream, or poles if it be not too deep. About 

 three o'clock, we found that we had entered 

 upon a considerable track of sand, enclosed by 

 perpendicular rocks, against which the water 

 mark was at some height ; however, the tide was 

 already on the ebb ; we made our guide mount 

 the horse, which until now he had driven before 

 him, and keep pace with us, whilst we quicken- 

 ed ours. The tide was still very near to the 

 rocks, and we found that the water still reached 

 one which projected further than the rest, there- 

 fore as we were yet hemmed in, we left our 

 horses, and climbed up this rock. The guide, 



* The rafts employed upon small rivers are of a construc- 

 tion similar to those already described on a former occasion, 

 save that still less workmanship is bestowed upon them. 



