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PROVINCE OF GUIANNA. 



' embouchure of the considerable river Anauirapucii, which originates in the ter- 

 rritory of the Armabutos. It was founded for the establishment of white people, 

 but is going into a state of decay in consequence of its desertion by them; 

 those who remain are cultivators of mandioca, Indian com, and rice ; and fish 

 in the channels of the island of Croa. It possesses fine campinhas for breeding 

 cattle ; and in its environs the macaco wood grows, which is heavy, — those 

 jiiowing in dry lands are entirely red, and others in a different soil are shaded 

 with black. 



Mazagao originated on an island at the mouth of the Matapy, experienced 

 several changes of situation, and was ultimately fixed five miles above the bar 

 of the Matuaca, where it runs into the Amazons, and nearly fifteen miles west 

 of the Anauirapucu. St. Anna was its primitive name, which it lost on the 

 estabhshment in it of the people of the Praca de Mazagao, from the kingdom of 

 Marrocos, who were afterwards augmented by various families from the Azore 

 islands. Cotton and rice are the riches of its dwellers, who are diminishing in 

 consequence of the prevalence of fevers. In its districts there are various ex- 

 cellent earths for potteries, but their productions are very indifferent. 



Forty miles to the south-west of Mazagao, and near twenty-five from the 

 Amazons, is the parish of Fragozo, on the right margin of the Jary, with a 

 church of St. Antonio. Its inhabitants collect cloves, cocoa, cotton, sarsapa- 

 rilla, &c. and advance up the Amazons in search of the tortoise. Between 

 Fragozo and Mazagao is the parish of St. Anna, on the margin of the fine 

 river Cajary : rice, cotton, and some cocoa, are its productions. 



Arrayollos is a small town, agreeably situated upon a small hill near ^he 

 eastern margin, and fifteen miles above the mouth of the Aramucu. It has two 

 large open spaces, with some semblance to squares, a church dedicated to 

 Nossa Senhora do Rozario, and inhabitants who are agriculturists and 

 "ifishermen. 



Espozende a Villota, or Small Town, in an elevated situation upon the 

 Tubare, commanding fine views of the surrounding Campinhas, has a church 

 of Gur Lady do Rozario, and is ten miles north-west of Arrayollos. Fishing, 

 hunting, the cultivation of cotton, Indian corn, rice, and mandioca, is the 

 occupation of its inhabitants. 

 - Almeyrim is a middling town, occupying an advantageous site at the mouth 

 of theParu, of which it first took the name, and originating in a Dutch fort, 

 which is yet preserved. There is a diversity of excellent timber in its environs, 

 and the inhabitants are fishermen, and cultivate mandioca, Indian corn, rice. 



