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soon as we could find our pilot, who was, no doubt, 
hidden in some faverna, or liquor-shop, in the town. 
But after making every inquiry, and search for him in 
vain, waiting tiU the tide was almost gone, we deter- 
mined to start without him, and send back word by 
Senhor Le Roque, that he was to come on in a montaria 
the next day. If we had had more experience of the 
Indian character, we should have waited patiently till 
the following morning, when we should, no doubt, have 
found him. As it was, we never saw him during the 
rest of the voyage, though he had left clothes and several 
other articles in the canoe. 
In consequence of our delay we lost the wind, and oim 
remaining man and boy had to row almost all the way, 
which put them rather out of humour ; and before we 
arrived, we met Senhor Le Roque returning. Senhor 
Gomez received us kindly, and we staid with him two 
days, waiting for men he was trying to procure for us. 
We amused ourselves very well, shooting and entomo- 
logizing. Near the house was a large leguminous tree 
loaded with yellow blossoms, which were frequented by 
paroquets and hummers. Up the igaripe were numbers 
of the curious and handsome birds, called ' Ciganos,’ or 
Gipsies {Opisthocomus crista fus), which are as large as a 
fowl, have an elegant moveable crest on their head, and 
a varied brown and white plumage. I shot two, but 
they were not in good condition ; and as they are plen- 
tiful on all these streams, though not found at Para, it 
was with less regret that I threw them away. They 
keep in flocks on low trees and bushes on the banks of 
the river, feeding on the fruits and leaves of the large 
