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A PORTUGUESE SAILOR. 



A man presented himself here, requesting to 

 be allowed to go with me to Pernambuco. He 

 described himself as a Portuguese sailor, a Euro- 

 pean by birth, and as having belonged to the 

 Portuguese sloop of war called the Andorinha, 

 which was wrecked upon the coast between 

 Para and Maranham. He had travelled from 

 the spot at which he had landed to this place 

 without any assistance from government. No 

 provision had been made by any of the men in 

 power for the subsistence of the persons who 

 escaped. I consented to his joining me; he 

 behaved well, and I never afterwards had any 

 cause to doubt the truth of his story. 



I had now a great increase in my number of 

 men and horses, but was advised to take the 

 men all forwards with me, as the rains might 

 commence and the rivers fill, in which case the 

 more people I had to assist in crossing them, 

 with less danger would it be accomplished. The 

 additional number of horses enabled me to di- 

 vide the weight into smaller loads, and to have 

 two or three beasts unencumbered, for the pur- 

 pose of relieving the others if necessary. The 

 party now consisted of nine persons and eleven 

 horses. 



Senhor Barrozo's kindness was still continued 

 towards me, and I hope I shall never cease to 

 feel grateful for it. 



I was advised to get on to the sea-shore as 



