getting money cMnged, polio© permit to leaye the city, and making arrant 
ments— all on a very limited supply of Portuguase, The atraets were 
crowded the evening of the revolution—but only a short time before I had 
seen this city the ereniag l^shingtoa wcsn the baseball champi oas hip and the 
rdvolutioe seemed a tame affair, 
1767, Pernambuco ls-tei±l* on land built up by coral reefs and mangroves. 
These are marshes to the north. 
Most of the collectiTOis from Brazil are fraa near the coast, 1 wanted to 
get into the interior— the sertao, as it is called. ■ "'^ . 
1761. Shis is typical caatinga— near Bello Jardim. 2iie country was 
disappointing — devastated by overgraa ng and seiainomadic farming. 
1 made a second trip tc the southwest, to GaraEbuus. the cad of the 
railroad. This was muoh more intoresi^ine', 
I had heard of the Paulo Affonso falls in Hio Sao Jfrancisco. higher than 
liagara and of much greater voluuie. Ho botanist had visited the region, so 1 
was anxious to go. A road passable in the dry season had recently been out 
from Oaranl^wiis to .tha falle. fbare ia onl^j om plow in tim whole regim 
1 was toW, but them ma a garage %^itb. one or two trmMs aufi one. Ford oar* 
I Mred tiiat aM with two wmm Mssioaarias crossed tiie 150 ^cilo^ters of 
-lf,75« Bm OoBsalh.0.^ witb flanbojrant tros^ a t;/piaal Braiiiliaa Tillage* 
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1778* A zmM bnllooiC— iha m'bu are ccmLoa, loom pum and crossed^ 
