CHAPTER II 
VOYAGE UP THE AMAZON TO SANTAREM 
{^October lo to November 19, 1849) 
About the time of our return to Para from Tauaii, 
a vessel arrived from the interior with cargo con- 
signed to the Messrs. Campbell. She was a brig 
of about 80 tons, called the Tres de Junho, and was 
owned by Captain Hislop, an old settler on the 
Amazon, resident at Santarem. As the ground 
from within a hundred miles of the coast upwards 
was all equally new, and Santarem was 474 miles 
away, and was, besides, the largest town on the 
Amazon, it seemed very desirable head-quarters for 
a campaign. My preparations for the voyage were 
soon made, the most important items being letters 
of credit to a merchant of Santarem, and a bag of 
copper money, weighing nearly a hundredweight, 
for small change. Of provisions the staple were 
hard -toasted bread, farinha and pirarucii (large 
strong-smelling slabs of salted fish from the 
Amazon, which only necessity and much practice 
can bring any one to relish). Besides these, I 
took a small stock of tai'nha, a smaller and well- 
tasted fish caught in the Para river ; eggs, coffee, 
sugar, and other lesser matters. I provided my- 
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