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groupe; Isaid, " Who follows me ?" A black 

 carpenter, a white brickmaker, a mulatto carrier, 

 and a labourer of the same cast, and likewise 

 another slave, stepped forwards. Thus accom- 

 panied by six able men, including Manoel, who 

 were all on foot, I set oft' on horseback at a 

 round pace, knowing that in ascending the hill, 

 they would pass me. The hill being surmounted; 

 1 again pushed on, and when I arrived at the 

 short but steep declivity which overlooks the 

 plantation of Inhaman, I saw three men below, 

 and heard the shrill Indian pipe. I looked back 

 and saw that the carpenter and brickmaker had 

 alone kept pace with me, and I know not how 

 they were able so do do. I cried out, " Yonder 

 are some of the party." At the same moment, 

 Monte, the brickmaker, fairly leapt down the 

 steep declivity, and passed my horse ; we de- 

 scended upon the men, but were disappointed 

 in discovering that, although they were Indians, 

 they were not those which we sought. Now we 

 waited for the remainder of our party, who soon 

 came up, and we returned quietly by another 

 path towards home. On our arrival at the gate 

 of Jaguaribe, I was informed that the party had 

 quartered itself in a corner of the field, in and 

 about the hut of another Indian ; to this place 

 we now directed our steps. Francisco Joze 

 himself came out to speak to me, and soon se- 

 veral others placed themselves near to him. I 

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