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PROVINCE OF SIARA. 



death, leaves the patient with a terrible wound : the only remedy known is 

 burning with a hot iron or caustic, when the artery is not affected. The Author 

 of Nature has beneficently ordained that they confine themselves to the bottom 

 of dead water, and do no harm to those who bathe in running streams. 



The lake of Velho is to the right of the Jaguaribe, with which it communi- 

 cates by two channels in the parish of St. Joam, many leagues distant from the 

 town of Aricaty. The lake of Jaguaracu lies between the rivers Cioppe and 

 Siara, thirty-five miles from the sea, and the lake Camurupim, a short way 

 from the eastern margin of the river Camucim, are the most considerable. 

 Other periodical lakes are to be remarked, of little depth and considerable 

 diameter, which only exist whilst it rains, and whose waters, on the return of 

 heat and dry winds, crystallize into a white and excellent salt. 



Islands, Capes, and Ports. — On the extensive coast of this province 

 there are no promontories or remarkable capes, no ports for the reception of 

 large vessels, nor islands, except in the embouchures or beds of the rivers. 

 The shore in some parts is steep, in others flat and sandy, covered with man- 

 groves, and having in some situations fine cocoa-nut trees. 



The bay of Titoya, with seven miles of mouth and two of depth, is sur- 

 rounded by handsome mangroves, full of divers species of crab-fish, and is 

 situated between the mouth of the Camucim and the limit of the province. The 

 bay of Jericoacoara, considerable, and pointed out by the morro of the same 

 name, and the bay of Iguape, surrounded by high barriers, contracted into a 

 point by a mount on the eastern side, are the only openings in the land meriting 

 that denomination. 



A line drawn north and south, from the river Curu to the southern limit, 

 divides this province into two parts almost equal. 



In the eastern part are the following towns : — 

 Nossa Senhora d' Assump^ao St. Bernardo Mecejanna 



Aricaty St. Joam do Principe Soure 



Icco Campo Maior Arronches. 



Cratto Aquiraz 

 Bora Jardim Montemor o Novo 



In the western division: — 



Sobral Villa Vi^osa Villa Nova d' el Rey. 



Nossa Senhora d' Assump<jao, otherwise Villa do Forte, so named in conse- 

 quence of a fort which defended it, but more commonly called Siara, is a very 



