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TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. \OctoheT, 
little coffee-pot supplied us with an unfailing and re- 
freshing luxury. We found in the forest several scarce 
butterflies pretty abundant, and among them a new 
species of Catagramma, which we had only met with very 
rarely at Para ; trogons and jacamars were also plenti- 
ful, but there was not any great variety either of birds 
or insects. There was no running stream here, but a 
kind of moist, marshy flat, in which shallow holes were 
dug, and soon filled with water, whence the only supply 
of this necessary was obtained. 
On returning to the village my brother sprained his 
leg, which swelled and formed an abscess above the 
knee, quite preventing him from going out for a fort- 
night. After some trouble I purchased a small canoe 
here, in which I intended to return to Santarem, and 
afterwards proceed up the Amazon to Barra, on the Rio 
Negro. 
A festa took place before we left. The church was de- 
corated with leaves and flowers, and sweetmeats were 
provided for all visitors. Dancing and drinking then I 
went on all night and during the following day, and we 
were left to cook our own meals, as our Indian was a 
performer on the violin, and did not think it at all neces- 
sary to ask us in order to absent himself two days. The 
Indians now came in from aU the country round, and I 
bought a number of the pretty painted calabashes for 
which this place is celebrated. 
Soon after we returned to Santarem, where we found ^ 
om house occupied, but got another, consisting of two 
small mud- floored rooms and a yard at the back, situated 
at the further end of the town. We here engaged an 
