52 
TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. 
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Soon after leaving the city night came on, and the 
tide turning against us, 'we had to anchor. We were up 
at five the next morning, and found that we were in the 
Mojii, up which om* way lay, and which enters the Para 
river from the south. The morning was delightful; the 
Suacuras, a kind of rail, were tuning their melancholy 
notes, which are always to be heard on the river-banks 
night and morning ; lofty palms rose on either side, and 
when the sun appeared all was fresh and beautiful. 
About eight, we passed Jaguarari, an estate belonging 
to Count Brisson, where there are a hundred and fifty 
slaves, engaged principally in cultivating mandiocca. We 
breakfasted on board, and about two in the afternoon 
reached Jighery, a very pretty spot, with steep grassy 
banks, cocoa and other palms, and oranges in profusion. 
Here we staid for the tide, and dined on shore, and Mr. 
B. and myself went in search of insects. We found 
them rather abundant, and immediately took two spe- 
cies of butterflies we had never seen at Para. We 
had not expected to find, in so short a distance, such 
a difference in the insects ; though, as the same thing 
takes place in England, why should it not here ? I saw 
a very long and slender snake, of a brown colour, twining 
among the bushes, so that till it moved it was hardly 
distinguishable from the stem of a climbing plant. Our 
men had caught a sloth in the morning, as it was swim- 
ming across the river, which was about half a mile wide; 
it was different from the species we had had alive at 
Para, having a patch of short yellow and black fur on 
the back. The Indians stewed it for their dinner, and 
as they consider the meat a great delicacy, I tasted it, 
and found it tender and very palatable. 
