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scrape ; — was very strange, and had I been less 

 unwell, this journey would have much amused 

 me. As we passed through Olinda, a woman 

 asked my men if they carried a dead body (for 

 it is in this manner that they are brought from 

 a distance for interment). One of the bearers 

 answered, " No, it is the devil * :" and then 

 turning to me, said, " Is it not so, my mas- 

 ter ?" t I said, " Yes," and the good woman 

 walked away, saying, " Ave-Maria, the Lord 

 forbid." t The wind was high and some rain 

 fell, as we crossed the Olinda sands ; we arrived 

 at Recife between nine and ten o'clock. The 

 bearers stopped before we approached the gate- 

 way at the entrance of the town, that each man 

 might, in some way or other, conceal his long, 

 unlawful knife ; without one of these weapons 

 no peasant or great man leaves his home, not- 

 withstanding the prohibition. 



I became gradually worse, until my recovery 

 was not expected ; but the kind, attentive hand 

 of another Englishman here again was stretched 

 forth. My former friend had left the country, 

 but another supplied his place, and from him I 

 receivd every brotherly kindness. I cannot for- 

 bear mentioning the following circumstances 

 relating to my illness. I went on board an 



* " Senhora nam, he o Diabo." 



f " Que diz, men amo?" 



f " Avc-Maria, Nosso Scnhor nos livrc." 



