AND AMONG THE BOTOCUDOS. 



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and this afforded us an opportunity of killing some araras, and other 

 fine birds. Near one of these sand-banks, not far from the Boca 

 d'Obu, we met with a great many monkeys ( macacos or micosj, 

 among which there is a particular kind, with a yellow breast, here 

 called macaco cU ba?ulo*. 



On the 28tli of September I reached the Villa de Belmonte. As 

 soon as I had made the necessary preparations for my journey to the 

 Mucuri, I set out ; but the weather being extremely unfavourable, I 

 had to encounter numerous difficulties. I was forced to ride through 

 the Corumbao and the Cahy, which were now much swollen, and 

 then to continue my journey, wet through, along the coast, while the 

 rain poured down in torrents. Some Portuguese travellers, whom 

 we met, informed us, that on their journey they had seen the Pata- 

 chos on the Cahy, but on the other side of the river ; we did not see 

 any of these savages, which was quite as agreeable to us in this 

 solitary place. 



After undergoing many fatigues, but without encountering any 

 accident of consequence, we reached Caravellas and Mucuri, where I 

 passed three weeks with Messrs. Freyreiss and Sellow, who had been 

 my companions in the preceding part of my journey; after which I 

 returned to Belmonte. On my way thither, on the Rio do Prado, 

 or Sucurucu, I had an opportunity of making myself acquainted 

 with the Machacaris, wdiom I have frequently mentioned. I much 

 wished to visit an alclea, which had been settled, as I w^as informed, 

 by those savages, farther up the Prado. I therefore proceeded up 

 the river from the fazetida, where I had in vain looked for the 

 Patachos in the month of July. On its banks, it was very easy to 



* Cebas xanthosternos, a new species : with strong dark brown limbs, and a round tail, large 

 head, dark brown whiskers, brownish body, and yellow breast and throat : whole length 32 

 inches 8 lines ; of which the tad is 17 inches 7 lines. 



