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to an elder married sister who was staying with them, 
and soon Senhor B. came in from his cane-field, and 
heartily welcomed me. About twelve we sat down to 
dinner, consisting of tambaki, the most delicious of fish, 
with rice, beans, and Indian-meal bread, and afterwards 
oranges ad libitum. 
I staid here nearly two months, enjoying a regular 
country life, and getting together a tolerable collection 
of birds and insects. 
In a few days a hunter I had engaged in Barra arrived, 
and forthwith commenced operations. In the afternoon 
he generally brought me some birds or monkeys, which 
were very plentiful. We rose about half-past five, and 
by six had a cup of hot coffee ; I then sat down to skin 
birds, if any had been brought late over-night, or, if 
not, took my gun and walked out in search of some. At 
seven or half-past we had a basin of Indian-meal porridge, 
or chocolate, with new milk, as a sort of breakfast. At 
twelve punctually we dined, the standing dish being 
tambaki, varied occasionally with fowl, cow-fish, deer, or 
other game. At four we had another cup of coffee, with 
biscuit or fruit, and at seven we took supper of fish like 
our dinner, if the fisherman had arrived. In the morn- 
ing, for a couple of hours, I generally went with my net 
in search of insects. Several rare butterflies were found 
sitting on the river’s side, on the margin of mud left by 
the retiring waters. Small toucans or ara^aris of several 
species were very abundant, the rarest and most beau- 
tiful being the ‘‘ curl-crested,” whose head is covered 
with little glossy eurls of a hard substance, more like 
quill or metallic shavings than feathers. These are at 
