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CHAP. XL 



RESIDENCE AT JAGUARIBE. JOURNEY TO GOIANA. 



ILLNESS. — RETURN TO JAGUARIBE. 



A FTER the journey to Bom Jardim, I did 

 not again leave Recife for any length of 

 time, until I entered with a friend into a scheme 

 of farming. It had been greatly my wish to 

 remove from the town into the country, from 

 preference, rather than from any other cause. 



In the beginning of April, 1812, we entered 

 the sugar-plantation of Jaguaribe, distant from 

 Recife four leagues, in a northward direction, 

 and about one league from the coast ; it had 

 upon it several slaves, oxen, machinery, and im- 

 plements, which enabled the new tenant to enter 

 it immediately. A few days after these matters 

 were arranged, I accompanied the owner to the 

 plantation, for the purpose of meeting the per- 

 son who was about to leave it, being the second 

 visit which I had made to my intended place of 

 residence. Having agreed with this man, the 

 owner and myself returned to sleep at the 

 dwelling of one of his brothers, which was situ- 

 ated about a mile and a half from the coast ; 

 this person had purchased some lands, which he 



