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hermitage of the Lady of Rozario, at the embouchure of the Bugres. Its terri- 

 tory is auriferous. 



Eight leagues in the same direction as the preceding is the arraial of Anta 

 and parish of Bom Jesus, with two chapels of the Lady of Rozario and Boa 

 Morte, situated between two small streams, which unite themselves previously 

 to entering the Vermelho, and was founded in the year 1729. The gold which 

 caused its origin is not yet exhausted ; but, whether from indolence or any 

 other cause, no one is at present occupied in its extraction. 



Ten miles to the north of the latter place, near the river Peixe, in a plain, is 

 the arraial of St. Rita, ornamented with a hermitage of the same name. It is 

 actually the port of navigation from the capital to the city of Para. The river 

 discharges itself into the Tizoiras by the left margin, and is only navigable 

 during the rainy season. 



Thirty-five miles to the north of the arraial of St. Rita, near the river Tizoiras, 

 was founded, in the year 1755, the arraial of the same name, which was the 

 parish of St. Miguel, and flourished whilst cultivation was profitable ; but with 

 the apparent exhaustion of gold it began to decay, and from the sterility of the 

 land, and the want of water, it was ultimately forsaken. Cattle are, however, 

 now bred in its district. A species of bird, which the discoverers of the country 

 called tizoiras, (or scissors,) in consequence of having a tail similar to a pair of 

 opened scissors, was the origin of its name. 



Ninety miles to the north of the capital is the considerable arraial and parish of 

 Crixa, the head of the julgado of that name, which was founded in the year 1734, 

 near a small river, and about ten miles distant from the left margin of the 

 river that affords it the name. Its church has for a titular saint the Lady of 

 Concei^ao. There is also a chapel of St. Efigenia, two of Nossa Senhora of 

 Rozario and Abbadia. The population forms four companies of militia, one of 

 which is cavalry, and another free blacks. 



Thirty-five miles to the east-north-east of Crixa, near a small river which 

 runs into the Almas, is the large, flourishing, and well situated arraial and 

 parish of Pilar, head of the julgado, founded in 1741, with the name of Pappuan, 

 a herb abundant in this part. It is ornamented by a church, whose titular 

 saint affords its name to the establishment, a chapel of St. Gon^alo, two of the 

 Lady of Rozario and Merces, a foimtain, and good streets. The environs are 

 mountainous. In front of it there is a morro, which, it is calculated, has 

 afforded more than one hundred arrobas (thirty-two pounds each) of gold, and 



