1 tod letters tc missicmariea in %aifs and froB tham I seotared mcH 
helpful toformtiOB. Hare and elsat^re i found tbe M.^oaarias 
to be too be.t .oirces Of infomation. .^.^eWcobb^ ..B4ei,,,.aot 
' ^-^-l.. cma. Mtere t^a miimy st^ation. -^s. to toe mi.si Farias 
.X- t^.Tel ewry^ixera and. liM the octanlBta, .lo It on a Iteitod .notmt 
of mmey/e^la diroct oaa anp^ere aM rive tofomatioa about toeeage 
and me nur«.nms details that an. so trouWes'a^ to a .trailer uap^- 
f^red for tJiem, 
Bello J^^rdiffl. 186 Icilomoters to the u«st in the Serm da Gcmipapo, 
at m altitude of 600 to 650 meters, ;v.s chosen as r^jBsantative of 'the 
sertao, Mile aw coirered ^tfe scrub or low trees, the -oaatiDga," 
comlstiae Of y^lmmm^^/cmiBn, and inom stobs and seM-arboreaeeat . 
caetm. except w^e it 1^.3 ba..^ ate x^d fo r plant tog. Gromd is olea«d 
by borates and cotton, st^r eane, castor plants, mndiocoa or toMooo 
are planted, sa7ieti..es h^. and. there ammg t^s or tussocfe of 
sedga tltei refused to^buni dm&. fUere sees»d to bo little or no 
cultivation. 2h0re no_x>low8 or oti^r.agrictatural iiBpi^^ 
planting and cuttings dL. Mtb heavy hoa.s ana laxga inlves. .to ' 
a. field beoomea ovorgrcvii v,itij -.eeds ,or brush it' is abandoned and a new V 
place ic burned. I^nd. l «s told is very cheap, fb. result is that 
cultivated spots are scattered Mt or miss throug h the scxnab -aSC^'^ 
U overgraaed-by oattla. horsas. .onksys. sheep anu goats till 
ml^ inedible Shrubs and i«.rbs. Jatropha. Capparis and the li::a. flourU 
