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NOTES ON BRAZIL. 



wounded was obliged to come down to Rio for surgical assistance. On 

 his return he was seriously cautioned against exposing himself to similar 

 attacks. About fourteen days after, as he was riding along the road,^ fol- 

 lowed at some distance by a slave, a shot, fired again by" an invisible hand, 

 threw him forward on the saddle, and a second brought him to the 

 ground. Two Indians then came out of the wood, one of whom walked 

 deliberately to the negro, and ordered him to halt, while the other went 

 to their victim, broke his legs, and beat out his brains. Afterwards they 

 shot the horse and decamped. Every search was made for them, but 

 these people are too well acquainted with the forests to want secure 

 lurking places^ and defy, if they have any knowledge of the arm of 

 justice. The establishment was broken up, and remains neglected, until 

 the natives are so harassed as to induce them to quit the neighbourhood, 



