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large grey beaver hat, prepares the drink, called jacuba, in a cuia. 

 The fowling-pieces rest against the trunks of the trees, some having 

 their locks covered with pattioha leaves, as a protection from the wet. 

 Some Indians are still employed in felling trees, while they are 

 guarded by Indian soldiers, seated on the provisions wrapped up in 

 pattioha leaves. A negro is showing a monkey which he has shot, 

 and the Mineiros and Indian soldiers are gradually assembling. 



The captain himself returned once more with us to our habitations, 

 and left us the next day to rejoin his people. We wished him success 

 in the prosecution of his arduous enterprise, which was now exposed 

 to many dangers, as he was going to undertake a tedious labour in the 

 inmost recesses of the forest, in the approaching rainy season, which 

 generates many diseases. Morro d'Arara now seemed quite deserted, 

 when all our people had returned home in the evening from their 

 work, we did not muster more than twenty-nine persons. 



This did not diminish our success in procuring game ; for new 

 mundeos had been made, which were very productive. A list of the 

 animals either shot, or taken in the mundeos, in this period of five 

 weeks, will not be misplaced here, as it will afford an idea of the 

 abundance of game in these vast forests ; 



Antas, 



Tapir us americamis 



3 



Deer, 



^ Guaziipita, Azara 

 ^ Guazubira 



1 



2 



Wild Swine, 



Dycoteles labiatus, Cuv. 



11 





C Barbados (mycetes) 



9 



Monkeys, 



<^Micos, a nondescript species 



14 





(^Gigos n 



10 



Cuatis, 



Nasua 



10 



Tamanduas, 



Myrmecophaga 



2 



Lontras, 



Lutra brasiliensis *■ 



2 



