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1776. This shows tyxjioal sertao. About iiera v,e saw a tall flightless 
bird they call Ceriema, — a relative of tha ema 1 think. It has the most 
astcnishing call— lilce a boy yelling, but far louder than a boy can yell. 
fJtie last 25 or SO kilciaeters ?;© rodo through trie daiSs, the headlights 
sijov4»g gray br-ash and cactus. I mited breathlessly for the plunge into 
tropical forest a long the rlver» Finally we were halted by rmn with 
lanterns and me am our bagp^ wsra piled on a tinf trolly oar ai^ 
pusiied fcy a imia ovqt a marrow ti:^stla for abcmt half a Mlosetar* l^afd ■ 
tba '^r of tiie falls aad in th*^ dim starli^t m saw wild plmKiag mters— 
BO woods to otsoure tte ¥iew« 
i789*. In tiie moraing tMs is 'wMt sa«. Slrrl^ in toe dry saa^m tb^ 
falls are 81 TOters iiigil fliagara D^ng 49 m/). In tlm rainy season in tMs 
regicm, Jtane am Juift and again in rainy season in kinas Oerass drained 
by Rio Sao francisco (Beceimber to fabrmry) t.tB rxwex is ciic^. M^er, soi^time 
15 tmt&rs aooTe its present Imml* 
Paftilo Affoaso falls urn so ^rc^en tiiat tliey form a &tai)endouE oasoadat 
not a straigM falls like liagara. fMs is uppermost? fall* 
179S, This is lower and feces a great ialma wMcli aivides tae falls. 
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ails is called Secret Island. 
179E# fkis shows the top of th^ nei^t- f all* 
1790. A twin falis^ outting across the island* 
Cliiiibing dom tke iron stairs and laddvirs- to tim tmrbina station w# 
get other views * 
1801. 
1805. Shows liow destittate the ro0l:s are of Tsgatation. 
1812. On the island is a single • vertical sens of ¥erdnr©. 
