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PROVINCE OF GOYAZ. 



many persons subject from their infancy to a disease in the throat, called 

 bronchocele. 



Rivers, — Besides the Parannan and the Maranham, its western and southern 

 limits, we may remark the river Trahiras of the south, the Preto, (both crossed 

 by bridges), the Bagagem, the small Tucantines, the Palma, the St. Feliz, (with 

 a large bridge,) the Trahiras of the north, and the small river Custodio, both 

 of difficult passage even in dry weather ; the Gamelleiro, near whose mouth 

 there is a rock of remarkable form and height, and the Bacalhau of considera- 

 ble width. The whole discharge into the Maranham, except the last, which 

 unites itself with the Bagagem by the left margin, and the Palma which joins 

 the Parannan. 



The river Palma is formed by the Palmeiro, Mosquito, and Sobrado. The 

 latter, which is the most northerly, rises in a plain upon the summit of the wide 

 serra of Mangabeira, and a few fathoms it is said, from the origin of the river 

 Gndas, (which runs to the St. Francisco) and seven miles below its source re- 

 ceives the Torno, a considerable stream which issues from among the roots of 

 an over-spreading gamelleira or gamella tree, and has not a mile of course, being 

 as voluminous at the commencement as at the embouchure. 



The river Correntes, which is one of the first branches of the Parannan, flows 

 from the serra of St. Domingos, and after some leagues conceals itself for three 

 miles by a subterraneous passage through a mountain, where its waters lose their 

 colour and good quality. The river Galheiro, which descends from the serra St. 

 Domingos to the Parannan, receives a small river, (called the St. Domingos) 

 which runs for a considerable space under ground, being only discoverable in 

 some places through apertures. Amongst other serras may be noted the 

 Viadeiros, which runs parallel with the river Parannan at the distance of 

 eighteen miles. It is bare of vegetation or woods, and is the most elevated of 

 the central ones. From it issues the river Tucantines and the Preto. 



The principal povoa^oes of this district are — 



Aguaquente St. Feliz Array as 



; . Trahiras Cavalcante St. Domingos 



* - -i? St. Joze Concei^ao Flores. 



Two miles distant from the confluence of the river Almas with the Maranham, 

 and seventy miles to the north-east of Pilar, is the arraial of Aguaquente, (Warm 

 Water) situated near a large and deep lake of brackish, fetid, and warm water, 

 from which it derived the name. A church of St Sebastiao and a chapel of our 



