CHAPTER VI. 



JOURNEY FROM VILLA DE ST. SALVADOR, TO THE RIVER 

 ESPIRITO SANTO. 



Miiiibecca — The hostilities of the Puris — Quartet das Barreir^as — Itapemirim 

 — Villa Nova de Benevente on the Iritiba — Goaraparim. 



On our arrival at the town, we were much rejoiced at the confirma- 

 tion of the news of the important victory of Waterloo, which had 

 been received by all the inhabitants of this place also with great ex- 

 ultation. We soon employed ourselves in the necessary preparations 

 for the prosecution of our journey northwards along the coast, enga- 

 ged two additional hunters, and likewise a soldier, who was to serve us 

 as a guide ; and having taken leave of Colonel Carvalho dos Santos, 

 the commandant, who had shewn us many civilities, and of other 

 kind inhabitants of St. Salvador, we left the town on the 20th of No- 

 vember, and proceeded along the bank of the Paraiba to its efflux 

 into the sea. The town extends for a considerable space along the 

 bank of the river, and affords a fine prospect. The crowded mass of 

 houses rises immediately above the river ; high over them tower 

 single cocoa-palms, and the magnificent back-ground is formed by blue 

 mountains in the distance. The bright surface of the river, which is 

 here of tolerable breadth, is traversed in all directions by boats 

 rowed by negroes, and its banks are bordered with thickets, meadows, 



