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Jesuino and Chagas having taken all with them up the river, to 

 assist in an attack on an Indian tribe, the " Carapanas," where 

 they hoped to get a lot of women, boys, and children, to take as 

 presents to Barra. There was scarcely anything to be had to 

 eat : fish were not to be caught, though we sent our Indians 

 out every day ; and though fowls were abundant, their owners 

 were out, and those in charge of them would not sell them. 

 At length, after four days, I succeeded in persuading the son 

 of the Tushaua to go with me as pilot to Jauarite, he not being 

 able to resist the knives, beads, and mirror, which I spread 

 out before him. 



I had collected scarcely anything in this place, but a single 

 specimen of the beautiful and rare topaz-throated hummer 

 {Trochilus pyrd) and a new butterfly of the genus Callithea, 

 I heard of the handsome bronze Jacana being found here, but 

 my hunters searched for it in vain. 



On the morning after we left, we saw a fine deer on a sand- 

 bank near us, so I sent Manoel into the forest to get behind 

 it, while we remained quietly watching from the canoe. After 

 walking about the beach a short time, it took to the water to 

 cross the river, when we followed in pursuit; and, notwith- 

 standing its turnings and doublings, soon came up, — when the 

 poor animal was despatched by a blow on the head, and pulled 

 into the canoe. The Indians then went briskly on, rejoicing 

 in the certainty of a dinner for the next day or two, in which 

 I heartily joined them. At Tapioca caxoeira we stayed two 

 hours, to cook and salt the deer, and descended the fall without 

 any accident. 



On April ist we passed a host of falls, shooting most of 

 them amidst fearful waves and roaring breakers, and arrived 

 safely at Caruru, where the Tushaua gave us his house ; for, 

 having two canoes, we were obliged to wait to get more 

 Indians. I was still too weak to go out into the forest ; and, 

 besides, had my live stock to attend to, which now consisted 

 of four monkeys, about a dozen parrots, and six or eight small 

 birds. It was a constant trouble to get food for them in 

 sufficient variety, and to prevent them from escaping. Most 

 of the birds are brought up without being confined, and if 

 placed in a cage, attempt constantly to get out, and refuse 

 food till they die ; if, on the other hand, they are loose, they 

 wander about to the Indians' houses, or into the forest, and 



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