CHAPTER VIII. 
Departure from Our Village — Mt. Waranalc — River Tawaira — Cal'a- 
Uitta settlement — Mt. Kinotaima — TraveUing Ants — Mijiothera 
Tetema and Colma — Pidtys leucops — Rirer Warung-liaiti — Y alley 
of the Huioice — Eivahoes settlement — Return to Torong-Yauwise — 
Running down the Falls and Rapidf< — Tal-utu — River Mona — River 
Ororopi — Fort Sao Joaquim — Aca ntli/ieus liistrix — Return- to Pirara 
— Mesemhrya nthemwn gniane)ise — Bitter e.rperiences in, connec- 
tion witlt mji Aliundaut Collectio)ts — Arrirul of a Brazilian Boun- 
dary Commission at Sao Joaquim — Digging np Indian Skeletons — 
TJie rise of the 1843 Comet over the Horicon of the Soitthern 
Hemisphere. 
490. After a stny of 5 weeks whioli, owing to tlieir beins; so busily 
and pleasnntly occupied, had passed like so manv days, we left good old 
Our Village completely starved out on the 4tli December. Our bouses, 
our flag-staff, everything had to remain, so that should they not be des- 
troyed by the Indians fntnre travellers might know that Europeans had 
already lived here. As we reached the last niece of rising ground from 
which we could gaze upon the pencefnl valley, we turned round once 
more, and with our wnving neckerchiefs bid a last good-bye to it and to 
the residents assembled in front of the quarters. After some hours we 
reached the house situate on the bank of the Wararite, and amongst the 
occupants who were now present recognised to our surprise the family 
of pretty Cummivaure. she herself being busilv occupied in gratiing 
cassava-root. We had no idea that this benutv resided in our immediate 
neiahbourhood. Tlie father, who had often paid ns a visit at Our Villasre, 
had always replied to enquiries after his daughter that she had gone far. 
far away. The many presents received from us on the first occasiou, and 
the special attention naid her bv the Paranaohieris mav have flattered 
her vanity, and her father's orders may consequontlv have been more 
peremptory that she was never to withdraw from the close vicinitv of the 
house. Father and daughter now formed a most remarkable contrast: 
one could see in the former's expression liow unexpected and unpleasant 
bur arrival was. while tlie latter betraved still more conspicuously lieT 
deliirht at receiving a visit from her admürers. Her own eyes, her whole 
attitude, was the truest mirror of the most naive and innocent coqnetry 
to which only the heart of a harmless daughter of nature can possiblv 
rtlpad ffuiltv. T need not assure the reader that we also had open Kands 
for her here. On our denarture, sweet Curlv Hair accompanied us as 
far as the front of the door wbere she gave' each one of us Europeans a 
fresh cassava cake, she receiving as many kisses as she distributed cakes : 
she recrarded our conduct with roguish^ surprise, and beckoned long in 
our direction until the thick forest shut us out from view. Hers was 
the most beautiful presence that I had come across during the whole of 
ray travels. 
