Prince MaximiliaiiLS 



perience, miserable food ; in the sand-bushes I frequently found 

 two different kinds of lizards, of which the largest is Dandin's 

 lacerta Ameiva, and has a green back, and prettily spotted sides. 

 Here too I obtained the skin of an immense serpent, the boa con- 

 strictor. Dandim unjustly represents Africa as the only country 

 of this serpent, for it is the commonest of the Bsazilian kind of the 

 genus boa. The most of this species are known on the east coast 

 by the name oijiboya. 



Capitam Carvalho promised to send to us at Rio de Janeiro, the 

 considerable collection which had much increased, particularly in 

 marsh and water birds, during our stay at Cabo Frio. We found 

 in the mean time reason to become distrustful of the politeness 

 exercised towards us by this man ; for it was but too clear that 

 the greatest self-interest was his motive, for he went so/ar as to 

 compel us to give him a certificate of the important services which 

 he had rendered to us. We were quite as unfortunate in the ac- 

 quaintance of the apothecary of this place, a man who seemed to 

 interest himself very much in our labours, and in whom we first 

 imagined some abilities. But we soon observed that he was not 

 quite right in his mind ; and notwithstanding our patience with 

 his weakness, we were at last compelled to treat him more seriously, 

 for he spread several prejudicial reports in the villa, for which he 

 nevertheless, as we after wM-ds learned, was kept some days in 

 confinement by the police. 



CHAPTER IV. 



JOtJBNKY FROM CABO FRIO TO VILLA DE S. SALVADOR DOS 

 CA MI OS DOS GOAYTA-CASES. 



•Intermediate Stages y ^c. — Campos Novas. — Uiver and Villa de 

 S. Joao. — Rio das Oftras^ — Fazenda of Tapebucu. — River 

 and Villa at Macahe.—Paidista. — Coral de Battuba. — Barra 

 do Furado— River Barganza. — Abbey S. Behto. — Villa de S. 

 Salvador on the River Paraiba. 



' OT^ the 9th we sent our luggage over the lake, and on the 8th 

 ieft the neighbourhood of Ccd)0 Frio in the company of Mr. Car- 

 Välho, proceeding slowly along the borders of the lake. When 

 we had entered the forest, our mules, which had become intract- 

 'able by several days' rest, ran away in all directions, and it was a 

 "work of some difficulty to get them together again. This trick 

 Ithey repeated, like so many wild colts, throwing off* the boxes, 

 -breaking and tearing their harness, and it was only by the aid of 

 some Portuguese sportsmen, who were hunting in these parts for 



