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saries of life, and is provided with good water. The inhabitants, and those of its 

 wide district, who are well supplied with Catholic places of worship, raise much 

 Indian corn, some barley, a diversity of fruits, cattle, and numerous herds of 

 hogs, its principal riches. Some are miners. 



Barbacena is a middling town, having a beautiful aspect, well situated in the 

 proximity of the serra Mantiqueira, and three miles from the Das Mortes, with 

 a church of the Lady of Piedade, a chapel of St. Francisco de Paula, two of 

 the Lady of Rozario and Boa Morte. In its environs is the Brazilian pine; 

 and the olive tree fructifies in some parts. The inhabitants raise cattle, and 

 cultivate the most substantial lands with the most useful articles ; some search 

 for gold, and others are occupied in various branches of industry, with advan- 

 tage to the place. It is thirty-five miles east-south-east of St. Joao d' el Rey, 

 and fifty south-south-west of Villa Rica. 



Quelluz, otherwise Carijos, is a town finely situated about thirty miles south- 

 south-west of Villa Rica, fifty north-east of St. Joao d' el Rey, and three from 

 the Congonhas, near the skirt of the serra of Oiro Branco. It has a church of 

 Our Lady of Concei^ao, two hermitages of St. Antonio and Carmo. Cattle is 

 the wealth of its inhabitants. 



Tamandua is a middling town between two small streams, which are branches 

 of the Lambary. It is well supplied with the provisions of the country, and 

 has a church of St. Bento, two chapels of Our Lady of Mercez and Rozario, 

 another of St. Francisco de Paula, with a fraternity, whose brothers enjoy ex- 

 traordinary privileges. It is nearly ninety miles west of Villa Rica, fifty north- 

 west of St. Joao d' el Rey, seventy south of Pitangui, and seventy west-north- 

 west of Sahara. The inhabitants and those of its district are cattle breeders, 

 farmers, and miners. 



Campanha, properly the town of Princeza da Beira, is in a state of medio- 

 crity, situated in a plain twelve miles from the Verde, with a church of St. 

 Antonio do Valle de Piedade, (St. Anthony of the Valley of Piety,) two chapels 

 of the Lady of Rozario and Dores, one of St. Sebastiao, and another of St. 

 Francisco de Paula, with a brotherhood subject to the town of Tamandua. It 

 has a Juiz de Fora, who is head of the orphans, a royal professor of Latin, and 

 a vicar, and is nearly eighty miles south-west of St. Joao d' el Rey, and one 

 hundred and fifty south of Pitangui. The inhabitants and those of its environs 

 are miners, farmers of rye, wheat, Indian corn, tobacco, some mandioca, 

 cotton, and sugar, and raise many cattle and hogs. In some situations are 

 cultivated flax ; and generally coarse woollens and cottpns are manufactured. 



