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discharges them there by a separate mouth. The whole of the way 

 to Mage is about twelve miles, through a plain, rich, well-cultivated 

 country. 



Having rejoined our boat, we advanced from the Iguapezii, along 

 a flat coast covered with JMangue, to the broad, shallow mouth of the 

 Guaxendiba. About four miles up, on its left bank, is the village of 

 St. Gonzales ; and on the opposite side, a road which conducts by the 

 edge of marshy groimd, over plains profitably improved, to St. Joan 

 da Tapacora, a small Indian village, and the nearest place to the Capital, 

 where the native language is still in use, though in a corrupted state. 



From this road we turned off to the left, to visit the large estate of 

 a gentleman, holding the rank of Colonel of the District. He has had 

 the honour of receiving the King as a guest, and tlie more substantial 

 one of commanding the first provincial troops who did the duty of the 

 city, while the soldiers of the line were employed in suppressing the mad 

 insurrection of Pernambuco. His house is very spacious, having in front 

 of a very long varanda, a square, raised platform, paved with bricks, and 

 surrounded with a parapet and seats, commodious for passing the cool 

 hours of the day. It commands a quadrangle, three sides of which are 

 composed of huts for the negroes, so that the whole establishment is 

 under the master's eye. The Colonel received us very politely, and took 

 the pains to show us his place and its management. While he indulged 

 in the common expressions of surprise, that we should feel so much curi- 

 osity, and take such pains to satisfy it, he seemed to contemplate with 

 respect a turn of mind so different from that to which he had been 

 accustomed. 



We passed the night at the house of the Colonel's brother, on the 



bank of the Casarebu, a stream already noticed. Here again, we were 



treated with great hospitality, and enjoyed a more uncommon 



gratification in the sight of a variety of Brazilian fruits, collected 



from the neighbouring woods, which bear the expressive name of Cabazu, 



the forest of great trees. Here too, we were witnesses of the strict regard 



to justice, which is shown in the division of a large estate among different 



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