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PROVINCE OF GOYAZ. 



denominated Montes Claros, there is a hermida of St. Luzia, which ornamented 

 the decayed arraial of St. Antonio. 



St. Luzia, a middling and well supplied arraial, which derives its name from 

 the patroness of the church, is seven miles from the road of Paracatu, and 

 almost at an equal distance from the rivers Pont' Alta and St. Bartholomew, 

 being- eighteen miles, with little difference, from each, in a pleasant and whole- 

 some situation, abounding with water. It is the head of the julgado, has a 

 hermitage of Our Lady of Rozario, produces good cheese and marmalade, and 

 is seventy miles east-south-east of Meia Ponte. In its environs cattle are ex- 

 ceedingly abundant, constituting the wealth of its inhabitants. 



St. Cruz, a small arraial, with a church of the Lady of Concei^ao, 

 is the most ancient of the province, and head of the julgado. It is one 

 hundred miles to the south-south-east of Meia Ponte, upon the road of St. 

 Paulo, a little removed from the left margin of the river Pary, and about one 

 mile from the morro of Clemente, abounding with gold, which has not yet been 

 worked for the want of water ; because, according to the saying of the miners 

 here, " a mountain of gold is worth nothing, if it has not water." Its inha- 

 bitants are agriculturists and cattle breeders. In its district are the caldas, or 

 hot springs of the same name, consisting of various fountains, differing in the 

 degree of heat, and little distant from each other. Their waters, which have 

 been efficacious in many diseases, form the small river Caldas. 



Almost in the middle of the interval from St. Cruz to Meia Ponte, and also 

 upon the road, is the small arraial of Bom Fim, with a hermitage of that name. 

 The inhabitants are gold miners, breed cattle, and cultivate the necessaries of 

 life. 



One hundred and forty miles to the south of St. Cruz is the arraial of St. 

 Anna, two miles distant from the northern margin of the river Velhas, in an 

 agreeable situation, and is the parochial of all the Christianized Indians, who 

 live in those parts, near the road of St. Paulo. It was founded in the year 1741, 

 for the habitation of five hundred Bororo Indians, who came from Cuiaba to 

 succour the Christians against the Cayapos, who carried devastation amongst 

 the Portuguese establishments. They lived here till the year 1775, when they 

 were removed to the arraial of Lanhozo, a horde of Chacriaha Indians remain- 

 ing in their stead, who were brought from the margins of Rio Preto, in the pro- 

 vince of Pernambuco, and who are at present the inhabitants of the place, 

 with some of other nations. They cultivate mandioca, Indian corn, and 

 legumes. 



