CHAPTER X. 



JOURNIES FROM RtO DE JANEIRO Eastward. 



A.D. 1813. 



CAARA'I. TOKAI. — -WRETCHED STATE OF INVALIDS. FISHING. BEAUTIFUL SMALL 



LAKE. ST. GONZALES. ITS HOSPITALITIES. THE GUa'xENDI BA. THE ITA- 



PITIU. EFFECT OF A SETTING SUN. AMERICA'. DERIVATION OF THE NAME 



GIVEN TO THE NEW WORLD. PONTA NEGRA. BRAZILIAN INCONSISTENCY. 



PLANTATION ON SALE. IPEC ACUa'nHA. SAQUARE'mA. — -IRUa'mA. ENGEITa'dO. 



A STRATAGEM. BRAZILIAN HONOUR. INDIANS OF ST. PEDRO. LOW STATE OF 



BUSINESS. BENEDICTINE NEGROES. A MAN IN OFFICE. ST. JOAN. BAY OP 



ST. ANN. PORCUPINE. NAVIGATION UP THE ST. JOAN AND DOURADO. CONI- 

 CAL MOUNTAIN. NO REAL VOLCANIC APPEARANCES. HORSES SWIMMING. 



MACAHE'. PARAHY'bA. ST. SALVADOR. BENEFITS DERIVED FROM JESUITS. 



TZOME'. TZOME'oS, now TUPINA'MBA. RESTINGA OF CAPE FRIO. 



IMxMEDIATELY behind the village of Praia Grande, towards 

 the East, rises a mountainous district, which was called by the natives 

 Caarai, that is, the little woods, and now bears the name of St. John do 

 Carai. Its extent is about twelve miles each way ; the prevailing basis is 

 granite, but on the surface are found clays, schistus, loam, and sand, 

 and, in some parts, quartz and mica in abundance. On its borders are 

 many pleasant dells. 



Of the three Roads which cross this district the most Southerly was, 

 not long since, a very difficult one, passing over lofty rocks, and through 

 thick woods, yet commanding views which might compensate for its 

 difficulties. As cultivation has advanced it has been laid more open, and 

 made to descend more gently to the plains of Tokai, where it unites 



