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miles to the north-east of Cavalcante, near the origin of the river from which 

 it derives the name. Its environs are in great part mountainous, and abound 

 with cattle, which constitute the wealth of the inhabitants, who are formed 

 into four companies of militia. 



Twenty-five miles to the south-east of Array as, near a small river which 

 runs into the Parannan, is the small arraial of Morro do Chapeo, founded in 

 1779. A neighbouring mount, similar in appearance to a hat, (chapeo,) and 

 from which gold is extracted, was the origin of its name. Cattle constitute the 

 riches of the inhabitants. 



Forty miles to the east of Morro do Chapeo, and in the skirts of the serra 

 of its name, is the arraial and freguezia of St. Domingos, in the vicinity of 

 which there is a rock of remarkable height and appearance. Its inhabitants 

 breed cattle, and cultivate a variety of the necessaries of life. 



A little to the east, upon the limits of the province, there is a detachment to 

 prevent the embezzlement of gold. 



Flores is a middling and well supplied arraial, and head of the julgado, has 

 a church of Our Lady of Concei^ao, and a hermida of Rozario, with a bro- 

 therhood of blacks. It is seventy miles to the south-east of Cavalcante, near 

 the right margin of the river Parannan, in a fertile situation. Cattle and horses 

 are the principal riches of its inhabitants. 



Within its extensive bounds is situated the aldeia of Matto Grosso, with a 

 hermitage of the Lady of Piedade ; and the small arraial of St. Roza, with 

 another hermitage of that saint ; and in whose district is a remarkable cavern, 

 with many stalactites, or crystallizations of different forms. 



Ninety miles to the south of Flores, and two miles from a lake denominated 

 Lagoa Feia, is the arraial of Coiros, formerly the head of the julgado, which 

 pre-eminence, in 1774, was transferred to Cavalcante. It has a church dedi- 

 cated to St. Luzia, and a hermida, where the blacks celebrate the festival of 

 Our Lady of Rozario. Within its extensive limits, large herds of cattle are 

 bred. 



A law emanated on the 25th February, 1814, for the foundation of a town 

 to be called St. Joam da Palma, in a situation determined upon at the embou- 

 chure of the river of the same name, to become the head of the comarca of 

 St. Joam das Duas Barras. In order to give it an immediate commencement, 

 and to accelerate its augmentation, all individuals were exempted from pay- 

 ment of the dizimos for the space of ten years who erected a house for their 

 own habitation in this town, or within the circle marked for its limits. By the 



