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league and a half above this is the Jacuripipira-mirim, six leagues 

 from whence is the fall of Congouha, a league in length. For the 

 space of eight leagues from this there are six falls, of which the 

 last is Banharem. From this it is three leagues and a half to the 

 mouth of the Paraniaba, thirty eight fathoms broad : it enters the 

 'fiete on the north ; and the latter river from this point immediately 

 narrows itself to forty fathoms wide. From the mouth of the Pa- 

 raniaba there is a navigation of four leagues to the small fall of Ilha, 

 and fourteen leagues more, with frequent windings to that of Itahy, 

 near a populous village, called Jundahy. Six leagues from this is 

 the fall of Pedrenegoa, which is a quarter of a league long ; and 

 half a league above it, the river Sorecaba, which comes from the 

 town of the same name, in lat. 23*^ 31', empties itself on the south 

 into the Tiete. Near this town are several mountains, called Gua- 

 raceaba, some of which abound with rich oxide of iron, which, on 

 smelting, has provedvery good. Upon them grows fine timber for ma- 

 chinery, and wood of every size, fit for reducing into carbon. Numerous 

 streams flow from them, which may be employed to great advantage, 

 and their base is washed by the river Campanhes, near the Capivara, 

 both of Avhich empty themselves into the Tiete at a short distance. 

 From the river Sorecaba it is only six leagues to Porto Felix, where 

 all the embarkation is now made to Matto Grosso from St. Paul's, 

 the distance being about twenty-three leagues from that city. 

 Through this conveyance, salt, iron, ammunition, clothing for the 

 troops, &c. are sent annually by Government. Trading parties fre^ 

 quently arrive at St. Paul's from Cuiaba in the month of February, 

 and return in April or May. 



Resuming our account of the Paraguay, it is to be observed that 

 the Embotetieu enters that river five leagues below the mouth of the 

 Taquari, and on the same side. It is now called Mondego, and was 

 formerly navigated by the traders from St. Paul's, who entered by 

 the Anhandery-uassu, the south branch of the Pardo. On the north 

 bank of the Mondego, twenty leagues above its mouth, the Spaniards 



