CHAPTER VII. 



RIO GRANDE. 



JOURNEYS INTO THE INTERIOR.— GENERAL REMARKS 

 ON.THE SOUTH OF BRAZIL.— SOME ACCOUNT OF ST. 

 CATHERINE'S. 



A. D. 1809—1813. 



PREPARATIONS FOR TRAVELLING. — JOURNEY WESTWARD. — SPANISH REFUGEE. — 



BAITING. SPORTS. DOCILITY OF HORSES. CHARQUED BEEF. WILD DOGS. 



CIVILITY OF THE PEOPLE. FARMS. HOSPITALITY. — 'JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH. 



OLD ST. PEDRO. LAKE MIRIM. VOYAGE TO CANGAZU'. THE ISLAND. AN 



OX CHASE. LAGOA DOS PATOS. PORTO ALEGRO. INDIANS. JOURNEY NORTH- 

 WARD. INDIAN REMAINS. FACE OF THE COUNTRY. GENERAL REMARKS ON 



THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES. MANNERS OF HORSES AND MULES. LAGUNA. 



ST. Catherine's. — sulphureous springs. — extraordinary crystal. — mili- 

 tary ESTABLISHMENT. SINGULAR FUNEREAL CUSTOM. 



FINDING in St. Pedro and its neighl^ourhood no sufficient vent 

 for that portion of our goods which we had resolved, if possible, imme- 

 diately to dispose of, we took several journeys into the interior of the 

 province. Of each of them it would be tedious to give a distinct 

 account ; the notes, therefore, which were taken on the same, or nearly 

 the same track, are thrown together. 



The first concern in each journey was to procure horses and a 

 guide ; for the latter a soldier is usually employed, but we preferred a 

 person not belonging to the army, making it a point to have a white 

 man. A bag of Farinha was commonly provided, and a Calabash for a 



