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PROVINCE OF GOYAZ. 



Tiirvo, the Doirados, the Gallera, and the Pasraados, which is the most 

 westerly, receives some of the preceding, and falls into the Parannan, near the 

 cascade of Urubu Punga, under the name of Cururuhy. They also mention 

 the Appary, which discharges itself into the said Parannan, many leagues above 

 the fall, and two Cayapos, both tributaries like the preceding river, and little 

 distant, one to the south and the other to the north of it. 



The Sucuriu is considerable, disembogues a little below the Tiete, and is 

 navigable nearly to its origin, which is north of Camapuan, upon the border of 

 Bororonia. A certanista proceeded by it with his canoes to the Piquery, which 

 conducted them to the river St. Louren^o. 



The river Verde, which is also considerable, and of crystalline and excellent 

 water, affords navigation to the interior of a peninsula, formed by the prece- 

 ding river and the Pardo, the southern limit of the province, with the Parannan, 

 which receives them. The water of this river, before being drawn from its bed, 

 resembles green ink. Its margins abound with most beautiful woods, consisting 

 of the finest timber. 



District of Goyaz. 

 This district, which is larger than the preceding one, and is bounded by it on 

 the south, has on the west the same limits as the province; on the east the dis- 

 tricts of Rio das Velhas and Parannan ; and on the north the district of Nova 

 Beira, from which it is separated in part by the Estrondo serra and the river 

 Tabocas. 



The nation from which the province borrowed its name was not the only one 

 that ruled here ; to the north of it there lived a tribe called Crixas, whose name 

 was given to the river that traverses their territory. 



Amongst other mountains, generally of moderate elevation, may be enume- 

 rated the serra Doirada, not far distant from the capital, to the southward, 

 which extends itself for a considerable space to the west. The serra Escal- 

 vada, lying further to the south, and running in the same direction as the pre- 

 ceding one ; the serra Santa Martha, to the south-west of the last ; and the 

 Sentinilla, which prolongs itself for a great distance with the river Claro. 



The said river Claro, the Vermelho, the Tizoiras, and the Crixa, are the prin- 

 cipal streams of this district. The second is small on passing the capital, but soon 

 afterwards becomes more considerable by the addition of various small rivers, 

 which render it navigable. Amongst those which join it by the left margin are 

 the Indios, the Tacoaral, the Tigres, and the Cachoeira, all issuing from the 



