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next day was occupied in paying my men, and sending for 

 Bernardo to conduct my canoe up the falls, and get me more 

 Indians for the voyage. 



On Monday he arrived, and I let him take the canoe, but 

 did not go with him, as, for some days past, the ague had again 

 attacked me, and this was the day of the fit ; so I sent the two 

 guardas, my head men, who could speak Portuguese, to take 

 charge of the canoe and cargo, and remained myself till the 

 next day. In the evening a small trader arrived from above, 

 very tipsy, and an Indian informed Senhor Augustinho that it 

 was with my caxaga, which the men whom I had brought 

 specially to take charge of my cargo, had opened. This I next 

 day found to be the case, as the seals had been broken, and 

 clumsily refastened with a burning stick. These men were 

 half-civilised Indians, who came with me as hunters, to inter- 

 pret for me with the Indians and take charge of my goods, on 

 account of which I paid them extra wages. They ate with me, 

 and did not row with the other Indians ; but the temptation of 

 being left alone for nearly a day, with a garafao of caxaga, was 

 too strong for them. Of course I passed all over in silence, 

 appearing to be perfectly ignorant of what had taken place, as, 

 had I done otherwise, they would probably both have left me, 

 after having received the greater part of their payment before- 

 hand, and I should have been unable to proceed on my 

 voyage. 



With Bernardo's assistance, I soon got ten paddles in my 

 canoe ; and having paid most of them out of my stock of axes, 

 mirrors, knives, beads, etc., we went along very briskly to 

 Jauarite, where we arrived on the morning of the 28th. I was 

 anxious to pass the caxoeira immediately, but was delayed, — 

 paying two Indians, who left me here, and procuring others ; 

 so my ague fit fell upon me before we left the village, and I 

 was very weak and feverish when we went to pass the falls. 

 We unloaded the whole of the cargo, which had to be carried 

 a considerable distance through the forest; and even then, 

 pulling the canoe up the falls was a matter of great difficulty. 

 There are two falls, at some distance from e^ich other, which 

 make the land-carriage very long. 



We then re-embarked, when Bernardo coolly informed me 

 that he could go no further, after having received payment for 

 ^4lie whole voyage. His brother, he said, should go in his 



