CHAPTER IV. 



JOURNEY FROM CAPE FRIO TO VILLA DE ST. SALVADOR DOS 

 CAMPOS DOS GOAYTACASES. 



Campos Novos — River and Tmon of St. Jodo — Rio das Ostras — Fazenda of 

 Tapebugu — River and Town of JSIacahe— P aulista — Coral de Battuba — 

 Barra do Fur ado — River Barganza — Abbe]/ of St. Bento — Town of St. 

 Salvador, on the River Paraiba. 



On the 7th of September we had our baggage conveyed over the 

 lake near the town, and collected the mules, which during our stay had 

 been sent to pasture at a soYit'axy fazenda on the other side. On the 

 8th, accompanied by Mr. Carvalho, we left the neighbourhood of 

 Cape Frio, and proceeded slowly along the bank of the lake; but when 

 the road turned into the woods, some of our beasts ran away. We 

 were therefore obliged to traverse the wood in all directions ; and it 

 was not without infinite trouble that we found them again. Soon 

 after, as we were passing through a hollow, the beasts, which had 

 been rendered wanton by their long stay in the fine pasture at Cape 

 Frio, played us a still worse trick. I was riding slowly before the 

 train in this hollow, when suddenly I heard behind me all our 

 animals, heavily laden with large wooden cases, galloping at full 

 speed. The mule on which I rode immediately set off with such fury 

 that there was no possibility of stopping him. That I might not have 

 my knees and legs broken by the chests, carried by the runaway 



