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occupied my mind more deeply than its beau- 

 ties. Immediately before me was a cottage and 

 a row of negro huts, surrounded by banana- 

 trees, standing upon a shelf of the hill. Beyond 

 these to the left was the narrow, but far extend- 

 ing valley, upon whose ne&|est border were 

 situated the buildings of Jaguaribe upon an 

 open field, with the hills behind, and in front 

 was the rivulet. To the right was a deep dell, 

 with an expanse of country not thickly covered 

 with wood ; and rather in advance, but also to 

 the right, were numerous deep-coloured man- 

 groves, which pointed out that a stream of con- 

 siderable size ran down among them. On the 

 other side of the nearest of these mangroves, 

 and yet not very far, was the high peak of 

 St. Bento, with the mandioc, and maize lands, 

 and wood upon its side, and the path winding 

 up through them, which is at times concealed, 

 and at times in view ; but the buildings are not 

 to be seen, though the tolling of the chapel-bell 

 may be often heard, from the spot upon which 

 I was standing. 



I was under the necessity of taking up my 

 abode in the vestry of the chapel, as the Great 

 House was still occupied. The negroes were 

 already at work for us, and under the direction 

 of a proper feitor or manager. The whole neigh- 

 bourhood was astonished at the place I had de- 

 termined to inhabit, until some other dwelling 



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