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PROVINCE OF GUIANNA. 



forty miles west-north-west of Obydos, and above twenty from the Amazons. 

 Its church is dedicated to St. Joam Baptista, and the soil is well adapted to 

 the produce of cocoa, the principal wealth of its inhabitants. 



Sylvesis a small place, situated upon the summit of an island near the mar- 

 gin of the lake Saraca, eighty miles west-north-west of Faro, and twenty 

 distant from the Amazons, It abounds in fish and the necessaries of life pecu- 

 liar to the country. It has a church of St. Anna, and the inhabitants are of 

 various classes and colours, as are those of the other towns, and cultivate 

 excellent tobacco, cotton, cocoa, cloves, and sarsaparilla. 



Serpa is a middling town upon a small island of the Amazons, near its nor- 

 thern bank, fifty miles from Sylves, and thirty-five below the mouth of the 

 Madeira, It has a church of Nossa Senhora of Rozario, and inhabitants who 

 derive a partial benefit from the rich productions that nature has bestowed upon 

 this country. 



Forty miles to the north-west of Serpa is the parish of Our Lady of Concei- 

 ^ao, advantageously situated on the margin of the great lake Canuma. Its 

 productions are among the commerce and necessaries of life. Twenty miles 

 north-west of the preceding, and forty from the Amazons, the parish of St. 

 Raymundo, on the margin of the Urubu, is occupied by Indians, who collect 

 some articles of exportation. Fifty miles west of Concei^ao, and forty from 

 the Amazons, is the parish of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, near the lake of 

 Matary, with productions similar to the preceding one. 



Fifteen miles above the parish of St. Raymundo is that of St. Pedro Nolasco, 

 also on the margin of the Urubu. Its inhabitants are Indians, and their mode 

 of life and productions do not differ from the others. 



Marippy is a middling town, on the left bank of the Hyapura, thirty miles 

 from the Amazons, the church is of St. Antonio, and its inhabitants are an 

 accumulation of divers Indian nations, amongst whom are the Miraiihas, who 

 possessed part of the territory between the Hyapura and the Ica. They are 

 fishermen and hunters, and collect a portion of the productions of nature m its 

 environs. Fevers do not permit Europeans to reside here in any number. 



Rio Negro, a considerable and flourishing town, capital of the province, 

 and head of the Ouvidoria of the same name, has a church of Nossa Senhora 

 daConcei^ao, and is situated near a small hill, on the left margin of the eastern 

 branch of the Rio ISegro, ten miles from the Amazons, its origin wa,^ a fort, now 

 existing, near which various families were established, of the Baniba, Barre, 

 and Passe nations. It is the depository of divers mercantile productions, 



