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to the '' casa de nagao,” rather a better kind of shed than 
usual, and, making a good fire, passed a comfortable 
night. The next morning I called on Senhor Carlos 
Bueno (Charles Good), the dandy Indian Commissario, 
and did a little business with him. I bought a lot of 
Indian baskets, gravatanas, quivers, and ururi or curari 
poison, and in return gave him some fish-hooks and 
calico, and, having breakfasted with him, went on to 
Tomo. 
Senhor Antonio Dias was not there, having gone to 
Sao Carlos, so I determined to wait a few days for his 
return, as he had promised to send men with me to 
Guia. I took up my abode with Senhor Domingos, 
who was busy superintending the completion of the large 
vessel before mentioned, in order to get it launched with 
the high water, which was now within a foot or two of 
its bottom. I amused myself walking about the campo 
with my gun, and succeeded in shooting one of the 
beautiful little black-headed parrots, which have the 
most brilliant green plumage, crimson under- wings, and 
yellow cheeks ; they are only found in these districts, 
and are rather difficult to obtain. I also got some 
I curious fish to figure,— in particular two large species of 
I Gymnotus, of the group which are not electric. 
I The Indians had a festa while I was here. They 
! made abundance of shirac,’" and kept up their dancing 
for thirty hours. The principal peculiarity of it was 
that they mixed up their civilized dress and their Indian 
It decorations in a most extraordinary manner. They all 
wore clean trousers and white or striped shirts ; but they 
had also feather-plumes, bead necklaces, and painted 
