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CHAP. V. 



JOURNEY FROM GOIANA TO RIO GRANDE. — .THE Cl'ftf 

 OF NATAL. — THE GOVERNOR. 



f HAD entertained hopes of being accompa- 

 nied by Senhor Joaquim, at least as far as Rio 

 Grande, but he changed his mind, and I began 

 to make the necessary arrangements for going 

 alone. I purchased three more horses, and hired 

 a guide for the Sertam, who was a white man 

 of the country, and two Indian lads of about 

 sixteen years of age. On the 3d November, I 

 again set forth, accompanied by my English 

 John, Francisco the guide, Julio, and the other 

 boy his companion. We only reached Dous 

 Rios the same evening, which is two leagues 

 distant from Goiana ; we had left that place 

 late in the day, and got on very slowly, as the 

 two loads upon the horses were not well divided 

 and arranged. I now found, on stopping for 

 the night, that I had not provided as many 

 things as were necessary ; that I wanted an addi- 

 tional piece of baize to cover myself at night, 

 that we ought to have brought more kitchen 

 apparatus, and that knives and forks were to be 

 had very rarely. I had with me a trunk with 



