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PROVINCE OF ST. PAULO. 



thirty-five east-north-east of St. Paulo, and forty north of Santos. It has a 

 church, dedicated to St. Anna, a convent of shod Carmelites, a hermitage of 

 Bom Jesus, and a Terceira order of Carmo. The houses are of taipa. The 

 inhabitants breed cattle, and form extensive plantations of the coffee tree, the 

 produce of which, with some rum, constitutes their wealth. 



Near thirty miles to the north-east of Mugi das Cruzes, the small town of 

 Jacarehi is situated, upon the right margin of the river Parahiba, with a church. 

 The passage across the river here is much frequented. 



The town of St. Joze is ten miles to the north of Jacarehi, takes the name of 

 the patron of its church, and is situated near the Parahiba, upon land which 

 constituted part of a fazenda of the Jesuits, its founders. 



Thaubate is one of the most considerable and best situated towns of the 

 province. It is upwards of one hundred miles to the north-east of St. Paulo, 

 seventy from Mugi das Cruzes, forty from Jacarehi, and three from the Para- 

 hiba, near a small stream. Besides the church dedicated to St. Francisco, it 

 has a convent of the same saint, a Terceira order, and the chapels of the Lady 

 of Pilar and Rosario. Almost all the houses are of taipa, and few with one 

 story. Its inhabitants, whose ancestors were antagonists of the Piratiningans 

 of St. Paulo, cultivate the necessaries of life and tobacco, raise pigs and 

 poultry in considerable quantities, and sugar cane in small plantations. They 

 manufacture handsome mats and hand-baskets, which are sent to different parts. 

 Near the embouchure of a small river, and close upon the margin of the 

 Parahiba, is the inconsiderable arraial of Tremembe, with a chapel of Bom 

 Jesus. At the distance of from ten to fourteen miles is the parish of Cassapaba, 

 a new dismemberment of the preceding town. 



Pindamonhangaba, a town in a state of mediocrity, is well supplied, particu- 

 larly with fish, and advantageously situated in a plain, on the right margin of 

 the Parahiba. It possesses a church of the Lady of Bom Successo, and a 

 hermitage of St. Joze. It is more than ten miles to the north-north-east of 

 Thaubate ; and its inhabitants, who are considered prudent and industrious, 

 cultivate every article of subsistence peculiar to the country, and breed large 

 cattle. 



Guaratingueta, situated upon the right bank of the Parahiba, which affords 

 it an ample supply of fish, is a considerable town, about twenty-five miles to 

 the east of Pindamonhangaba, embellished with a large church, dedicated to 

 St. Antonio, a chapel of the Lady of Rosario, and another of St. Gon9alo. 

 The houses, similar to those of St. Paulo and other places, are constructed of 



