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mass, would contribute towards the payment of 

 the priest, as is customary. I spoke to a young 

 man of this profession for the purpose, and he 

 attended every Sunday and holiday j but when 

 he was dismissed, at the time I was preparing 

 to leave the place, I was left to pay him entirely 

 myself; every one was poor and unable to assist 

 when the day of payment came. This was only 

 what I expected ; but I thought it was right to 

 follow the usual custom of having mass said 

 regularly, on account of the slaves. 



In April I arranged with the tenant of the 

 lands which lie to the eastward of Jaguaribe, 

 and are called Maranguape, to allow me to turn 

 loose upon them all my cattle during the rainy 

 season ; for the field of the plantation was not 

 sufficiently large to support so great a number 

 of animals, during the whole year, as the work 

 which was performed upon it required. The 

 lands upon which I intended the cattle to re- 

 main are about one league in length, and of 

 about half the breadth. Part of them are under 



had a considerable number of blood-hounds, which were 

 usually unchained, and were lying about the house; thus 

 rendering dangerous an approach to his dwelling. The ani- 

 mals were well trained, for a call from their master was 

 sufficient to make them lie still, and allow of the advance of 

 a stranger. This person died only a few years ago ; but as I 

 have already elsewhere said, the time for such characters in 

 Brazil i6 fast going by. 



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