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lies. They began to cultivate wheat and Indian com according to the method 

 of their own country, and which is at this day the occupation and support of 

 their posterity. 



Little more than three leagues to the west of the new parish, is situated the 

 pleasant arraial of St. Amaro, also upon the northern margin of the Jacuhy, and 

 ornamented with a magnificent church. 



Eight leagues to the west of St. Amaro is the considerable town of Rio 

 Pardo, at the mouth of the river from which it borrows the name, and has a 

 church called Nossa Senhora do Rozario ; also two chapels. It occupies four 

 small eminences, and had its commencement with a fort dedicated to St. 

 Louren^o, received the title of town in 1812, and that of a countship in 

 1815. 



About two miles from it is the village of St. Nicolau, with a hermitage of 

 that name. The people who inhabit it are descended from the aborigines. 

 About twelve leagues south of Rio Pardo is the arraial and chapel of St. 

 Barbara da Encruzilhada, in an elevated and pleasant situation, and having 

 most excellent waters. Ten leagues above Rio Pardo, upon the northern bank 

 of the Jacuhy, is the considerable arraial of Cachoeira, with a church of 

 the Lady of Concei^ao. It has wide, straight, and clean streets, and possesses 

 advantages for becoming much more considerable. 



Twelve leagues to the south of Cachoeird is situated the arraial of Cussa- 

 pabd, upon a small hill near the source of the river St. Barbara, with the chapel 

 of the Lady of Assumpcao. 



North-east of Portalegre about fifteen leagues is the small town of St. An- 

 tonio da Patrulha, near the road, in an elevated country. Its inhabitants culti- 

 vate mandioca, sugar, and bananas, with other fruits. 



To the north of Patrulha, in an extensive plain upon the General Serra, is the 

 parish of Nossa Senhora do Oliveira. Cattle are its main commodity. 



The peninsula formed by the ocean and the lake Patos is divided into 

 three parishes. To the west of the lakes Patos and Mirim are the parishes 

 of Espirito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Concei^ao de Piratinin, St. Francisco 

 de Paulo, Nossa Senhora de Concei^ao de Cangu96, in the vicinity of the 

 river Camapuan, and St. Sebastiam do Baje, near the origin of that river; all 

 in the diocese of Rio de Janeiro. 



The following places are in the diocese of Buenos Ayres. 



Monte Video, with the title of city, is situated in a pleasant plain at the 



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