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LEAVE GOIANA. 



from Goiana about one league, one of them 

 made towards a narrow path to the right of the 

 road, and was prevented by his driver from turn- 

 ing up into it, but immediately after passing it, 

 he began to flag, and in a few minutes I was 

 under the necessity of having him released from 

 his load, and of desiring one of the men to lead 

 him, otherwise he would have turned back. He 

 had from this time the appearance of being quite 

 fatigued. I can only account for the circum- 

 stance by supposing that the path led to his for- 

 mer master's residence, and that the animal had 

 proceeded thus far in expectation of ending his 

 journey here. 



I was received by my friends at Goiana in 

 their usual friendly manner ; but I found that 

 the town was in a dreadful state from the scar- 

 city of provisions. One person was said to have 

 died of hunger, and I was told by an inhabitant 

 that several respectable women had been at his 

 house to beg for Jarinha, offering to pawn their 

 gold ornaments for it. 



On the morning of the 1 5th February, I left 

 .Goiana, and assisted my people in crossing the 

 river. As soon as they were all safe on the 

 Recife side of it, I pushed on accompanied by 

 Julio and Feliciano, all three of us being mounted 

 upon our best horses. We rested during the 

 heat of the day at Iguaracu. My horse recog- 

 nised the place, for as he entered the town, he 



