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Barrozo, whose manners were ceremonious and 

 courtly. On my mentioning the inconvenience to 

 which I was putting him by my stay, he said, 

 that he could not alter in any way his mode of 

 treating me, because, if he did, he should not 

 do his duty to the Governor of Rio Grande, to 

 whom he owed many obligations, and, conse- 

 quently, took every opportunity of showing his 

 gratitude by all the means in his power. The 

 reason which he thus gave for his civility com- 

 pletely set at rest any thing I could have said to 

 prevent its continuance. He ordered all my 

 horses to be taken to an island in the river, 

 upon which there was plenty of grass. I had 

 resolved to send John back to Pernambuco by 

 sea, and spoke to Senhor Barrozo upon the sub- 

 ject, when he immediately said, that one of his 

 smacks was going, in which my servant might 

 have a birth. John was out of health, and not 

 adapted to the kind of life which we had been 

 leading, and should be yet under the necessity 

 of continuing. This day I remained at home, 

 employing the greatest part of it in sleeping • 

 and in the evening returned Senhor Borrozo's 

 visit. A white man, with whom my Goiana 

 guide was acquainted, called upon me, and we 

 arranged an expedition in a canoe, for the next 

 day, to go down the river to its mouth. 



My guide's friend came as he had appointed, 

 and his canoe was waiting for us. His two 



