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or four of them. The curious razor-bill was also often 
seen skimming over the water, and the great tuynyii 
occasionally approached near the house, but always kept 
out of gunshot, and though I crawled along prostrate to 
get within reach of him, he always found me out in time 
for his own safety. 
As I was getting scarcely any insects here, and the 
birds were not very valuable, I determined to return to 
Para with Mr. C., who was going to pass a week at his 
other estate on the island of Marajo by the way. 
The journey across in Mr. C.’s schooner occupied but 
a few hours, and we then entered a river which leads up 
to the estate called Jungcal. On arriving we found a 
mud-walled house not quite finished, which was to be 
our abode while we staid. At the back of the house 
stretched out, as far as the eye could reach, a perfectly 
flat plain or campo, on which fed numerous herds of 
cattle. Hound about were corrals'’ fenced in for col- 
lecting the cattle, and huts for the “ vaqueiros," or cow- 
herds ; and along the banks of the river were patches of 
wood, and thickets of a great prickly bamboo. About 
the campo were numerous marshes and narrow streams 
or ditches, which contained many curious and pretty 
aquatic plants. Mosquitoes were plentiful, and annoyed 
us much in the evenings, when we wished to enjoy the 
cool air in the verandah. 
The Negroes and Mulattoes employed about the estate 
were mostly fine young men, and led a life of alternate 
idleness and excitement, which they seemed to enjoy 
very much. All their work is done on horseback, where 
they showed to great advantage, only wearing a pair of 
