

GOVERNOR OF MARANILUf. 



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than useless. However the Indians cannot be 

 enslaved ; therefore, at least, they are not 

 hunted down like wild cattle, as formerly was 

 the practice. The name which is given gene- 

 rally both here and at Pernambuco to all wild 

 Indians, is Tapuya ; and that of Caboclo is ap- 

 plied to those who have been domesticated. 



Having thus given an outline of the place at 

 which I had arrived, I may now leave my quar- 

 ters on board the brig and be allowed to land, 

 which I accomplished on the morning subse- 

 quent to that of our entrance into the harbour. 

 I was received upon the quay by my friend, a 

 young Portuguese with whom I had been inti- 

 mate in England and at Pernambuco. He told 

 me it was necessary to go to the palace, for the 

 purpose of presenting my passport, as the regula- 

 tions of the port had for some time been most 

 strictly followed, and several indeed had been 

 lately added. I then, for the first time, recollected 

 that I had no passport, having forgotten to obtain 

 one, owing to the haste with which I left Pernam- 

 buco. This produced a demur, as my friend was 

 afraid that I should be imprisoned, the Governor 

 not being friendly to Englishmen -, however I de- 

 termined to call myself the supercargo of the 

 brig. We proceeded to the palace, the entrance 

 to which was guarded by two sentinels, and we 

 passed several others in going up the stairs into 

 the anti chamber, where we were received by a 



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