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EXPORTS. 



Exports of the town of Barra for 1850. 



Hammocks, ordinary. 



40 a 



$1 



50 



$60 



00 



" superior, 



15 



4 



00 



60 



00 



" de travessa,* 



100 



5 



00 



500 



00 



" feathered, 



2 



30 00 



60 



00 



" bags containing 25, 



9 



5 



00 



45 



00 



" boxes, 



1 



10 



00 



10 



00 



Bird-skins, " 



2 



10 



00 



20 



00 



Tiger-skins, 



4 





50 



2 



00 



Hides, 



27 





50 



13 



00 



Oil of turtle-eggs, pots, 



1,212 



1 



50 



- 1,818 



00 



Copaiba, * " 



27 



2 



50 



67 



50 



Mixira, " 



66 



1 



50 - 



99 



00 



Linguicas,f u 



2 



1 



50 



3 



00 



Rope of piasabaj inches, 



1,792 





50 



896 



00 



Piasaba, in bundles, arrobas, 



4,292 





42 



- 1,802 



64 



Brazil nuts, alquieres, 



10,406 





50 



- 5,203 



00 



Salt fish, arrobas, 



14,002 





50 



- 7,001 



00 



Coffee, " 



316 



1 



50 



474 



00 



Cocoa, " 



631 



1 



00 



631 



00 



Tow, " 



119 





42 



50 



00 



Tobacco, " 



154 



4 



00 



616 



00 



Sarsaparilla, w 



786 



4 



00 



- 3,144 



00 



Peixe-boi, w 



50 





42 



21 



00 



Brazilian nutmeg, " 



20 



5 



00 



100 



00 



Guarana,§ pounds, 



18 





31 



; . 



00 



* Hammocks, " de travessa," are thpse that are woven with elose stripes across 

 them. 



t Sausages made from the flesh of the Peixe-boi. 



} Piasaba is a palm, from the bark of which is made nearly all the rope used 

 upon the Amazon. The appearance of the rope made from it is exactly that of 

 the East India coir. It is very strong, but liable to rot in the heat and mois- 

 ture of this climate. The fibres of the bark are brought down the rivers Negro 

 and Branco, put up in large bundles, and are at Barra made into cables and 

 running rigging. The coils are always sixty fathoms in length, and they are sold 

 at so much per inch of circumference. 



§ Guarana is the fruit of a low wide-spreading tree. It is about the size of a 

 common walnut, and contains, within, five or six small seeds. These seeds are 

 toasted, ground, mixed with a little water, pressed into moulds, and dried in an 

 oven. Two spoonfuls, grated into a tumbler of water, is thought to make a very 



