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Doirada serra. The Bugres is the first abundant stream which unites itself 

 with it by the right bank, and the Ferreiro the second. The Peixe is an arm of 

 the Tizoiras, and navigable. 



In the northern part of the district is to be noted the river Caldas, which is 

 of short extent ; it issues from a lake of the same name, and discharges itself 

 into the Maranham, fifty miles above the Paratininga. 



The Santa Thereza, and the Cannabrava, enter the Tucantines by one com- 

 mon embouchure, under the name of the first, which is the most voluminous. 



The principal povoa9oes are, Villa Boa, Crixa, and Pilar. 



Villa Boa, at its commencement denominated the arraial of St. Anna, was 

 raised into a town in the year 1739, and is large, populous, and flourishing. 

 It is the residence of the governor, at present Senhor Fernando Delgado, of 

 the prelate, who is a bishop in partibus, and also of the ouvidor of the comarca, 

 who fills other situations as well as that of crown judge. The senate is pre- 

 sided by a Juiz de Fora, who besides holds the appointment of attorney- 

 general. 



This town occupies a flat situation upon the margins of the Vermelho, which 

 divides it into two unequal portions, communicating by three bridges. It is in 

 the centre of the Brazil. Its edifices are neither large, elegant, nor substantial : 

 the principal are the mother church, dedicated to St. Anna, five chapels to the 

 Lady of Boa Morte, Rozario, Carmo, Abbadia, and Lapa; another of St. 

 Francisco ; the palace of the governor ; the Caza da Camara, (or town house) ; 

 the Caza da Contadoria, (exchequer); and the Caza da Fundicao do Oiro, 

 (smelting house.) It has a fort, with two pieces of artillery to fire salutations 

 upon occasions of solemnities, a fountain, and a public walk. The heat is 

 intense during the dry season ; night breezes, however, are usual, and exceed- 

 ingly grateful. 



This town has a tribunal which decides upon the affairs of the province, 

 denominated the Junta de Real Fazenda, a council consisting of five deputies, 

 including the governor, who is the president, the judge, the attorney-general, 

 a treasurer, and an escrivao. It is situated in 16° 20' of southern latitude. 



The municipal body of this town, whose revenue amounts to one thousand 

 oitavas of gold, are said to have a sesmaria of land, in a circle around the town 

 of five leagues in diameter. 



Half a mile distant from the town, there is a hermitage of St. Barbara. Five 

 leagues to the north-west of it is situated the small arraial of Barra, with a 



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