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TETE: ITS POPULATION 
river, the fort bo.ng close to tho water. Tho rock beneath 
Is gray sandstone, and has tho appearance of being crushed 
away from tho river: the strata havo thus a crumpled 
form. Tho hollow between each crease is a street, tho 
houses being built upon the projecting fold. The rocks at 
tho top of tho slope are much higher than the fort, and, of 
course, completely command it. There is then a large 
valley, and boyond that an oblong hill called Karueira. 
There aro about thirty European houses: the rest aro 
native, and of wattle and daub. A wall about ten feet 
high is intended to enclose tho villago ; but most of the 
nativo inhabitants profer to live on different spots outsido. 
Thcro aro about twclvo hundred huts in all, which with 
European households would give a population of about 
four thousand fivo hundred souls. Only a small proportion 
of theso, howover, live on tho spot; the majority aro en- 
gaged in agricultural operations in tho adjacent country. 
Generally thcro aro not more than two thousand people 
tosident, lor, compared with what it was, Teto is now a 
ruin. Tho number of Portuguese is very small ; if wo ox- 
cludo tho military, it is under twenty. Latoly, however, 
one hundred and fivo soldiers wore sent from Portugal tc 
Senna, where in one year twenty-tivo were cut off by fovor 
They woro then removed to Teto; and hero they onjoy 
much bettor health, though, from tho abundance of spirits 
distilled from various plants, wild fruits, and grain, in 
which pernicious boverago they largely indulge, besides 
partaking chiefly of unwholosomo nativo food, better health 
could scarcely havo been oxpectcd. Tho natives boro un- 
derstand tho method of distillation by moans of gun-barrels 
and a succession of earthen pots filled with wat°or to keep 
them cool. The general report of tho fovor hero is that, 
while at Kiliinano tho fever is continuous, at Teto a man 
recovers in about threo days. Tho mildest remedies only 
are used at first, and, if that period bo passed, then the 
more severe. 
The fort of Toto has boon tho salvation of tho Portuguese 
