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wards washed, have been produced as samples, in order to enhance 

 the value of land, or to serve some other sinister purpose. A passion 

 for mining is fatally prevalent among some of the lower orders of the 

 people : by deluding them with prospects of becoming speedily rich, 

 it creates in them a disgust for labour, and entails want and wretched- 

 ness upon them. Even among the few families of this district, I 

 observed some examples of its effects ; those who devoted them- 

 selves wholly to mining were in general badly clothed and worse fed, 

 while those who attended to agriculture alone were well provided 

 with every necessary of life. 



Having concluded the affair, I took leave of Father Thomas, and 

 returned to Canta Gallo, where I prepared my papers for a report 

 respecting it, as the Conde de Linhares had desired me. During the 

 remainder of my stay I collected specimens of the different species 

 of wood which the neighbourhood produces. The following is a list 

 of them ; 



Venatico — excellent timber. 



Cedar — good and durable. • 



Pereiba — hard and good. 



Olio — very solid, and of a peculiar fragrance. 



Cabiuna. 



Jaracanda — cabinet-wood variegated, black and yellow. • — 

 This is called rose-wood in England : but the best sorts, 

 as it appears to me, have not hitherto been imported. 



Jaracatang. 



Ubatang. 



Palms — many varieties, among which is the iri, before de- 

 scribed. Its wood is unrivalled for strength and elasticity. 



Garfuana — the bark of which, as I was informed, affords a 

 yellow dye. 



Embey — a creeping plant. The stems are used instead of 



cords, and often made into bridles. 

 Many species of thorny trees. 



