54 
TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. 
At five p.M. we arrived at Santa Anna, a village with 
a pretty church in the picturesque Italian architecture 
usual in Para. We had anticipated some delay here with 
our passports ; but finding there was no official to exa- 
mine them, we continued our journey. 
The 29th was spent in progressing slowly among in- 
tricate channels and shoals, on which we several times 
got aground, till we at last reached the main stream of 
the Tocantins, studded with innumerable palm-covered 
islands. 
On the 30th, at daylight, we crossed over the river, 
which is five or six miles wide, to Cameta, one of the 
principal towns in the province. Its trade is in Brazil- 
nuts, cacao. India-rubber, and cotton, which are pro- 
duced in abundance by the surrounding district. It is 
a small straggling place, and though there are several 
shops, such a thing as a watch-key, which I required, 
was not to be obtained. It has a picturesque appear- 
ance, being situated on a bank thirty or forty feet high ; 
and the view from it, of the river studded with island 
beyond island, as far as the eye can reach, is very fine. 
We breakfasted here with Senhor Le Roque, a merchant 
with whom Mr. Leavens is acquainted, and who showed 
us round the place, and then offered to accompany us in 
his boat to the sitio of Senhor Gomez, about thirty miles 
up the river, to whom we had an introduction, and who 
we hoped would be able to furnish us with some more 
men. 
On going to our canoe however, one of our men, 
Domingo the pilot, was absent ; but the tide serving, 
Senhor Le Roque set off, and we promised to follow as 
