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PROVINCE OF BAHIA. 



Monte Santo, (Holy Mount,) so called from a hermitage upon it, has calca- 

 reous stone ; and in its vicinity, nearly sixty miles north-west of Villa Nova, there 

 is a large rock, or stone, almost all iron. 



The serra Branca has a spring on the summit ; that of Gado Brabo, (Wild 

 Cattle,) has small streams, woods, and gold, and is partially inhabited. Thepe 

 are also the serras of Orobo, of Piedade, of Mangabeira, with large Avoods 

 and plantations, and that of Boqueirao, in the vicinity of the river Verde. 



Rivers. — The Paramirim is neither considerable nor perennial, descends 

 from the Mono das Almas, runs north-west, and enters the St. Francisco 

 above thirty miles below the arraial of Bomjardim, near a mountain, where 

 there is grindstone. A little below the origin, it passes near a large and deep 

 lake with which it communicates, and during the period of the inundations 

 supplies it with much fish. " 



The Rans originates in the Montes Altos, and flows into the St. Francisco 

 thirty miles above the chapel of Good Jesus of Lapa. 



The Rio de Contas springs in the serra of Tromba, above twenty-eight miles 

 north-west of the town of its name, and passing it at the distance of about 

 eighteen miles, takes a course with little variation eastward ; and, after flowing 

 a considerable space, receives on the right the Brumado, also called Rio Gpn- 

 tas Pequena, (the Little Contas,) which issues from the Morro das Almas, runs 

 near the same town, and two miles below it forms a fine cascade. Twenty 

 miles below this confluence, the Gaviao joins it on the same margin, and flows 

 from the Morro do Chapeo, a portion of the afore-mentioned Serra das Almas, 

 bringing with it the waters of the Antonio. Twenty miles lower, it receives, on 

 the left, the considerable Cincura, which originates in the serra of the same 

 name. We have already mentioned those rivers that join it on traversing the 

 comarca of Ilheos, where it enters the ocean. The Paraguassuzinho, the Una, 

 and the Andrahy, confluents of the Paraguassu, which latter flows into the bay 

 of All Saints, originate in this district. 



In the district of Jacobina, besides the three rivers of the same name, which 

 form the Itapicuru, discharged into the sea on the coast of Bahia, is to be 

 remarked the Jacuhype, which rises near the Morro do Chapeo, and runs into 

 the Paraguassu, twelve miles above the town of Cachoeira. In its adjacent 

 territory many cattle are bred, and lower down provisions and tobacco are 

 cultivated. 



The Verde, whose wholesome waters flow northward through an extensive 



