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Ten miles to the north of Cachoeira is the small arraial of St. Ritta, founded 

 in the same year as the preceding, and possessing a chapel. Twenty-eight 

 miles to the east of St. Ritta is the small arraial of Moquem, near the river 

 Peixe, which is a branch of the Bagagem, having a hermitage of the Lady of 

 Abbadia. 



St. Feliz, a well supplied arraial, in a state of mediocrity, and about seventy 

 miles north of St. Joze, is situated near the right bank of the small river of 

 the same name, and less than three miles from the Maranham. It was founded 

 in the year 1736, and has a church called after the same saint, a hermida, or 

 hermit ge, of the Lady of Rozario, and one of St. Anna. It is the head of the 

 julgado, and possessed for a considerable time a smelting house for gold. 

 Some of its inhabitants are yet miners ; the rest breeders of cattle and cultiva- 

 tors of the necessaries of life. 



The Caldas of St. Feliz, (the hot baths or waters of St. Feliz,) otherwise 

 called Frey Raynaldo, are thirty-five miles further to the south, consisting of 

 four springs of tepid, and one of very hot water. 



Seven miles to the north of St. Feliz, near the road, there is a mass of black 

 stone, with so frightful and profound a cavern, that no one has yet dared to 

 examine it. Three miles more to the north is situated an aldeia, with a her- 

 mida of Our Lady of Carmo, from which it takes the name. 



Cavalcante, a flourishing arraial, founded in 1740, has a church of St. Anna, 

 two hermidas of the Lady of Rozario and Boa Morte, and is seventy miles 

 to the east of St. Feliz, near a small river which runs to the Parannan, under 

 the name of Rio das Almas. It is the head of the julgado, well provided with 

 water, and has a smelting house transferred from St. Feliz. Its inhabitants 

 form five companies of militia. It has a rich quarry, but deep and difficult to 

 work. It would become important in the hands of an opulent company, and 

 directed by intelligent persons. Cattle are bred within its district. Mandioca, 

 Indian corn, some wheat, and cotton, are the articles of cultivation. 



Seventy miles to the north of St. Feliz, and not far removed from the mouth 

 of the river Pal ma, is the arraial of Concei^ao, with a church of the same 

 name. It is the head of the julgado : the people who inhabit it are miners, 

 breeders of cattle, farmers of such necessaries of life as prosper best in the 

 country, and form four companies of militia. It is very deficient in good water. 

 Within its district is the small arraial of Principe, with a hermitage. 



Arrayas is an arraial in a state of mediocrity, head of the julgado, has a 

 church of Our Lady of Reraedios, was founded in the year 1740, and is fifty 



