Travels in the Brazils. ' lOl 



rior; it therefore requires the greatest precaution to avoid disr 

 tant pursuits in the woods and encounters with them. In 

 general the Mineiros^ or inhahitants of Minas Geraes, are by 

 far the best wild-hunters, as they are a stouter race of people, 

 and by their wars in the woods, and with this mode of obtain- 

 ing, subsistence, are more experienced. We were presented 

 with the arms and ornaments of a Botocudos ; they procured 

 us also a young child of the race, whose mother had been 

 killed in a fight with them. Having accomplished the object 

 of our journey to Linhares, we took leave of the place, in order 

 to proceed further to the north side of the coast. We de- 

 parted in a convenient large canoe which the Senhor 7e- 

 nante Calmon lent us. 



On arriving at the Ilha do Boi, we paid a visit to the Guarda 

 Mor, who has a good plantation of Milio and Mandiocca. We 

 presently learnt that he is a Mineiro, a people who live more 

 on Milio than Mandiocca, a characteristic of the inhabitants of 

 that province. In order to reduce the Milio to flour, a maize 

 stamp is used called a (Preguisa) or sloth. Our comfortable 

 canoe, supplied with an awning, and stored with abundance of 

 provision, brought us in four hours to the Barra, or mouth of 

 RioDoce downwards, near Regencia, a passage that had taken 

 us a day and a half to make upwards. 



CHAP. VIII. 



JOURNEY FROM RIO DOCE TO CARAVELLAS, TO THE 

 RIVER ALCOBACA, AND AFTERWARDS TO MORRO 

 D'ARARA, AND BACK TO MUCURI. 



Qiiartel du Jiiparanan da Praya — River and Barra of St. Mat- 

 thew — Miicuri — VillaVicosa — Caravellas Ponte de Gentoo 



the River Alcohaqa — and Residence at the same. 



After passing the night with our friends at the Quartel du 

 Regen9ia, with much trouble, we conveyed our pack-horses 

 over the river. We followed them soon after, and rode in 

 the afternoon, accompanied by our two friends, from Linhares 

 two leagues over the desarts and coast, on to the Quartel de 

 Monserra,or de Japaranan da Praya, where seven soldiers are 

 stationed. Close by, is a narrow long lake, called Lagoda de 



