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ARRIVAL AT SANTAREM. 



canal lias a general width of one hundred yards, and a depth, at this 

 season, of thirty feet. There are several country houses and cocoa plan- 

 tations on its banks. It is called Igarape Assu. 



The Tapajos at Santarem, which is within one mile of the mouth, is 

 about a mile and a half wide. Its waters are nearly as dark as those 

 of the Negro ; but, where stirred with the paddle, it has not the faint 

 red color of that river, but seems clear white water. Large portions of 

 the surface were covered with very minute green leaves and vegetable 

 matter. 



We presented our passports and letters to the Delegado, Senhor 

 Miguel Pinto de Guimaraens, and obtained lodgings in the hired house 

 of a French Jew of Para, who was engaged in peddling watches and 

 jewelry in Santarem. 



