of a species of palm which the same botanist recognized as Geono- 

 ma pinnatifida. It is probable that the body was wrapped in this 

 palm straw before being deposited in the ygaqaba. The fragments 

 of the vessel and the bones were destined for the Museu National. 



No. 6. Remains of a child from seven to ten years of age, 

 found wrapped in a hammock, and discovered on the second day 

 of our exploration. I assisted in their disinterment, and exam- 

 ined attentively their disposition in the grave. 



The body, which is now in part reduced to the state of a mummy, 

 was doubled up with the knees against the breast, and then wound 

 about with the hammock, having exposed the upper part of the 

 head and the feet which last protruded through the hammock. 

 The bundle when found was oval and flattened, and about two feet 

 long. The head was turned toward the left and the body, perhaps 

 owing to the pressure of the superincumbent earth, rested on the 

 left side. The feet were directed towards the mouth of the cavern. 

 The grave was not more than eighteen inches or two feet deep. 



The soft parts of the body had for the most part disappeared, 

 but there still remained a part of the scalp with a few hairs and 

 the skin of the trunk which was dry like parchment. 



I have not yet been able to examine carefully the hammock, but 

 it appears to be constructed like that which was found wrapped 

 about the woman in the interment No. 11. It is however made of 

 the fibres of a palm, Astrocaryum tucum, and not of cotton. 



Underneath the hammock adhered what seemed to be frag- 

 ments of large leaves, that had been laid in the bottom of the 

 grave before the body was deposited. By the side of the ham- 

 mock there were also found fragments of palm straw, which made 

 me suspect that outside of the hammock was a wrapping of this 

 material. Above the body in the grave, were found a few little 

 sticks which were disarranged in digging. The body was cov- 

 ered simply with earth and stones. The body, still wrapped in the 

 hammock, will be preserved in the Museu National. 



Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10. Four ygagdbas buried in a line transverse to 

 the grotto. They were extracted before our exploration, and are 

 said to have been sent to the private museum of His Majesty mo 

 Emperor, but they have not yet arrived there. The fourth, No. 

 10, was broken in extraction, and I saw fragments in the hands of 

 Sri Antunes at the Fazenda. Dr. Bazilio has furnished me with 

 some important notes on each of the four interments. 



