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Upon the other side of the river is the parish of Trezidellas, whose parish- 

 ioners are descended from the Aborigines. They have a church of Our Lady of 

 Razario. 



One hundred miles above Cachias, and upon the margin of the Itapicuru, is 

 the small arraial of Principe Regente, commenced in June, 1807. The fertility 

 of its surrounding country and the advantage arising from canoes of consider- 

 able burden being able to navigate hither augur favourably for the future pros- 

 perity of this new colony, where a hermitage already exists. 



In the district of Balsas is the parish of St. Felis, whose inhabitants are 

 farmers of cotton and common necessaries. 



Thirty miles south-south-west of Principe Regente is the arrail of St. Bento 

 Pastos Bons, situated amongst small hills, ten miles from the Parnahyba, and 

 twenty-eight from the Itapicuru. Cattle and cotton constitute the main pro- 

 pwty of its inhabitants. 



Three miles north of Pastos Bons is the aldeia of St. Antonio, whose dw^ellers 

 are a tribe of Christianized Manago Indians, who live by hunting, and some 

 agriculture. 



Thirty-five miles from the sea, upon the margin of the Itapicuru, is the parish 

 of Rozario, better known by the name of Itapicuru Grande, whose inhabitants 

 raise cattle and a considerable quantity of rice. Here large canoes arrive from 

 the capital, and are laden with the productions of this district, and those that 

 descend from the High Itapicuru and Balsas. 



Twenty-eight miles further, and upon the margin of the same river, is the 

 considerable povoa^ao of Itapicuru Mirim, with a church of Our Lady of 

 Griefs, its inhabitants producing large quantities of cotton, and the necessaries 

 of life. Between the two preceding parishes is that of Lapa, in the site of 

 St. Miguel. 



Upon the margin of the Mearim, fifty miles from the sea, is the parish of 

 N. Senhora of Nazareth, whose inhabitants raise cattle, cotton, rice, &c. with- 

 out gaining much wealth. 



Tury is a villota, or small town, with only the appearance of an aldeia, but 

 which may become more considerable from its situation upon the large bay of 

 the same name, and the fertility of its adjacent territory, particularly after the 

 pacification of the central Indians. The church is dedicated to St. Francisco 

 Xavier. 



Near the mouth of the Tutoya, in an advantageous situation, is the parish of 

 Concei^ao, well supplied with fish and the necessaries of life, having a port 



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