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such as jaguars, here called tygers, lions, and ounces. Here are alstf 

 great numbers of wild dogs which breed in the rocks, and at times 

 make great havoc among the young cattle. The farms in this 

 district, for the most part, include tracts of land from twenty to 

 thirty miles in length by half that extent in breadth, watered by 

 pleasing streams. Vast herds of cattle are bred upon theml it is 

 calculated that each square league sustains 1500 or 2000 head. 



At the distance of about forty leagues from Monte Video, in the 

 direction above mentioned, the range of hills gradually lessens and 

 disappears ; the country opens finely on the left, and is intersected 

 by numerous rivulets. After crossing several of these we arrived at 

 the head of a little brook called Polancos, which a few miles below, 

 assumes the name of Barriga Negra. It there receives several small 

 streams, and in the course of ten leagues is augmented by the con- 

 fluence of some others ; becoming thus a considerable river, about 

 as- large as the Trent at Gainsborough, it is denominated Godoy, 

 but on passing into the Portugueze territories it changes its name to 

 that of Zebolyati and flows into the Lagun Meni. Near the junction 

 of two rivulets, that form the Barriga Negra, stands the great lime- 

 kiln of my friend, in whose house I took up my residence, and was 

 received with that kindness and sincere hospitality which in an in- 

 stant dispelled every doubt from my mind, and excited in me sen- 

 timents of gratitude that were every day more deeply impressed in 

 my heart. 



Having become thoroughly domesticated in my new abode, I began 

 to take excursions into the surrounding district and the parts beyond 

 it. The country in general may be termed stony and mountainous, 

 though its inequalities do not exceed those of Derbyshire. No 

 traces of either volcanic or alluvial matter are to be found ; the solid 

 rock frequently appears on the surface, and in many places projects 

 in masses of various sizes. The mountains and rocks are of granite ; 

 no veins of metallic substance have hitherto been discovered, but, 

 fine red and yellow jasper, chalcedony, and quartz, are not unfre- 



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