( vi ) 



CHAP. VIII. 



Journey to Canta Gallo ......... Page ill 



CHAP. IX. ^ 



Description of Canta Gallo. — Of the Gold-washing of Santa Rita. — Account of the 

 supposed Silver-Mine .......... lao 



CHAP. X. 



Permission obtained to visit the Diamond Mines. — Account of a pretended Diamond 

 presented to the Prince Regent. — Journey to Villa Rica . . . . 137 



CHAP. XI. 



Origin and present State of Villa Rica. — Account of the Mint. — Visit to the City of 

 Mariana. — Excursion to the Fazendas of Barro and Castro, belonging to His Excellency 

 the Conde de Linhares . . . . . <♦■. . . . 171 



CHAP. XII. 



Journey from Villa Rica to Tejuco, the Capital of the Diamond District. . iot 



CHAP. XIII. 



Visit to the Diamond Works on the River Jigitonhonha. — General Description of the 

 Works. — Mode of Washing. — Return to Tejuco. — Visit to the Treasury Excur- 

 sion to Rio Pardo. — Miscellaneous Remarks . . . . ■ 219 



CHAP. XIV. 



Some Account of the Districts of Minas Novas and Paracatii. — Of the large Diamond 

 found in the River Abaite .238 



CHAP. XV. 



Observations on Tejuco and Cerro do Frio ....... 347 



CHAP. XVI. 



General View of Minas Geraes ......... 367 



CHAP. XVII. 



Brief Notices on the Capitanias of Bahia, Perriambuco» Seara, Maranham, Para, and Goyaz 



280 



