CHAPTER XI. 



RIO DE JANEIRO. 



EXCURSION TO THE UPPER BAY and the RIVERS FALLING INTO IT, 



A. D. 1816. 



preparation. THE UPPER BAY. A STORM. ILHA DO GOVERNADOR.— PALACE OF ST. 



BENTO. TARANTULA IRASA MUD BANK THE IGUAZU'. PORTO DOS SAVJEIROS. 



THE INHOMERI'M. PORTO d'eSTRELLA. BROKEN ROCKS. CURRENTS. SERUI.—- 



ST. NICHOLAS.— —THE IRIRI. DISAPPOINTMENT. MAJe'. HOSPITALITY. THE 



IGUAPEZU'. VILLA NOVA. PROSPECT. MACACU'.^ — PIR ASENUN'GA. ESTATE ON 



SALE. TIMBER. SACRED AUCTION. — BRAZILIAN TENDERNESS. MICA MISTAKEN 



FOR GOLD. RAFTS. SIMPLICITY. A VISIT TO THE ORENDE'. FOREST ON FIRE. 



PREPARATION OF FARINHA.— -FOREST SCENERY. THE GUAXENDI'bA.— 



CABAZU'.—— ROCKS OF ITAO'CA.— -PAQUETa'. PERFORATED STONES. ^DEBASE- 

 MENT OF MERCHANDISE. BRASSA-FORTE.—— NEGRO SUPERSTITION.— ILHA 



d'aGOA. FOGS. 



Having visited different parts of the country to the Northward 

 of the Capital, by means of the rivers which empty themselves into 

 the Upper Bay, the present seems not an unfit place for a few obser- 

 vations relative to that portion of the waters, which, together with the 

 middle and lower divisions already noticed, form the spacious and noble 

 harbour of Rio de Janeiro. 



For this aquatic excursion a launch was fitted out with the same care 

 and as great a variety of conveniences, as if she had been going to sea — 

 for we had determined as generally as possible, to make it our home 

 during the whole time that we might be absent. The Captain was an 



