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NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
an Englishman settled and married at Santarem, to 
whom, and to his relative Mr. Golding, we were 
indebted for many little services. To the utensils 
brought up from Para I had only to add by the 
purchase of a large waterpot and a lamp, and our 
simple menage was complete. 
The local name of the Tapajoz at Santarem is 
Fig. 3. — Santarem, 
From a hill near the Fort. (R. Spruce.) 
Rio Preto " or Black River, but the real colour of 
its waters is a deep blue. When I first saw it, in 
the dry season, the blue water extended down the 
southern side of the river for several miles below 
Santarem, before being absorbed in the muddy 
expanse of the Amazon ; and there was a broad 
firm beach of white sand stretching about a league 
in that direction ; while up the river it was con- 
