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CHAPTER IIL 
THE TOCANTmS. 
Canoe, stores, and crew — Kiver Mojii — Igaripe Miri — -Cametli — -Senlior 
Gomez and his establishment — Search for a dinner — Jambonassu — 
Polite letter — Baiao and its inhabitants — A swarm of wasps — Enter 
the rocky district — The Mutuca — Difficulty of getting men — A vil- 
lage without houses — Catching an alligator — Duck-shooting — 
Aroyas, and the Palis — A nocturnal concert — Blue Macaws — Turtles" 
eggs — A slight accident — Capabilities of the country— Eeturn to 
Para. 
On the afternoon of the 26 th of August, we left Para 
for the Tocantins. Mr. Leavens had undertaken to 
arrange all the details of the voyage. He had hired 
one of the country canoes, roughly made, but in some 
respects convenient, having a tolda, or palm-thatched 
roof, like a gipsy’s tent, over the stern, which formed 
our cabin ; and in the forepart a similar one, but lower, 
under which most of our provisions and baggage were 
stowed. Over this was a rough deck of cedar-boards, 
where the men rowed, and where we could take our 
meals when the sun was not too hot. The canoe had 
