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I s.'i-; mnj doer.^S little yellow foxes on -.liio tri^ a black 
m.tm, mick like a oassowery, M t about thfi bIzb of a aafili , turkey . 
I :::ot a closer rim of a pair c, .,u yu yu, and aaw several floaks of 
curie-ca-ce. a black and T.hite ibie. Ir, th .tretches of .oodefl country, 
the aatto, I t, ver;; largs woodpaefeers, and great blua and red macaws 
flew in pairs thvomb the opc-;:ings. They are called arara fron tlioir cry. 
Little green par-okeets and ler,,er on.. a with , marMr^s I sa-w only near 
Eio Araguaya. 
laturally I noted gra?.iJig oondltloas. to Penaaabuco and Bahia on 
ay "ariiar Visit l saw aountjy badly depietad by overgrasiag. But in 
«estera Bi'..Eil, except along the roads^ the CQUB,try has not suffered »oh. 
mere are thousands of cattle but they are aot crowded on the laad. 
Burned areas are taken possesalon of by molasses grass Jaragua. mse 
ara both African grasses but wore first described froa Brazil, eo early 
were they introduoed. They are trailing mrosB eountry bo rapidly it 
smkBB a botanist's heart aohe to t k- of how they Hill drive out the 
beautiful native spocles. froo an econoaic atandpoir»t Bw^il is sinailsrly 
blessed by this iBvasiOB, for unlike our invaders, injurious broaegraeees 
aad goat grassos, thes© aggrossivo gK;s8es are excellent forage. 
