

RETURN TO RECIFE. 



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to complain, for to counterbalance all this, we 

 had a tea-pot, sugar basin, and other parts of 

 the equipage of silver. 



The Capitam-mor had still several posts to 

 visit, which would delay him for a considerable 

 time ; therefore as my friend was anxious to 

 return to Recife, we left our party, with much 

 regret, and were accompanied in the morning 

 by the adjutant, who was about to return home. 

 I had been greatly amused, and wished to have 

 seen the conclusion of the affair. At Limoeiro, 

 several companies were to be reviewed, and from 

 thence the Capitam-mor proceeded to Pao do 

 Alho* and Nazareth, or Lagoa d'Antat, two 

 large villages of considerable importance. Both 

 of them are within a few leagues of the place 

 from which we separated from our companions. 

 We returned to Santa Cruz, passed through that 

 village, and were entertained at the house of the 

 adjutant. We reached Aguiar in the afternoon, 



* This place was erected a township by the same Alvar&, 

 which was issued respecting Limoeiro ; and by the same, 

 the villages of Cape St. Augustin and of St. Antam were 

 likewise raised to the rank of towns ; a sure sign is this of the 

 increase of population. 



-J- This village is as much or more generally known by the 

 name of Lagoa d'Anta, as by that of Nazareth ; but the 

 latter is the name which it bears in law. The former name, 

 which means the Lake of the Anta, seems to denote that 

 that animal was known in this part of the country ; but in 

 the present day, I could not meet with any of the peasants 

 who knew what the word Anta was intended to signify. 



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