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On one or two days of bright sunshine, a beautiful Papilio 

 came about the house, settHng on the ground in moist places : 

 I succeeded in taking two specimens; it is allied to P, ThoaSy 

 and will probably prove a new species. This was my 

 only capture worth mentioning at Jukeira. I had seen the 

 same species at Jauarite, but could not take a specimen. I 

 purchased one of the red macaws painted as I have mentioned 

 above. Senhor L. was here quite a martyr to the chegoes, fre- 

 quently extracting ten or a dozen in a day, which made his 

 feet so full of holes and wounds as to render walking painful, 

 as I had experienced at Cobati and Javi'ta. I, however, escaped 

 pretty well, seldom having to take out more than two or three 

 at a time, partly I believe owing to my being a good deal in 

 the forest and to my always wearing slippers in the house. 

 When a person has only one or two now and then, it is a 

 trifling affair, and one is apt to think, as I for a long time did, 

 that the dread of chegoes was quite unnecessary, and the 

 accounts of their persecutions much exaggerated. Let any 

 one, however, who still thinks so, take a trip into this part of 

 the country, and live a month in an Indian's house, and he will 

 be thoroughly undeceived. 



After staying here six days, finding little to be done, we pro- 

 ceeded on our downward passage to Sao Jeronymo. On the 

 second day, in the morning, we reached Urubuquarra, the 

 malocca of Bernardo, situated just above the falls. There is 

 a path from this place through the forest, about three miles, 

 to the village ; and as there were no Indians here to assist us 

 in passing the falls, we set ours to work, carrying part of the 

 cargo along it. In the afternoon Bernardo's son, who had re- 

 turned before us with a canoe-load of farinha, came in, and we 

 arranged to pass the falls the next morning. The river had 

 risen considerably since we ascended, and had now reached a 

 higher point than had been known for several years, and the 

 rapids were proportionally more dangerous. I therefore pre- 

 ferred going through the forest, carrying with me two small 

 boxes, containing the insects I had collected, and my drawings 

 of fish, — the loss of which would have been irreparable. The 

 morning was fine, and I had a pleasant walk, though the path 

 was very rugged in places, with steep descents and ascents at 

 the crossing of several smiall brooks. Arrived at Sao Jeronymo, 

 I waited for Senhor L., at the house of Senhor Augustinho, 



