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back. He very kindly consented, and in about a week 
I received it ; but I was as badly off as ever, for a canoe 
without men was of no use ; and the Indians, fearing the 
results of Manoel Joaquim's return, had all left Guia, 
and retired to their sitios in distant igaripes, and in the 
most inaccessible depths of the forest. The Comnian- 
dante had sent orders to two Indians to go with me, 
but these were not sufficient to descend the falls with 
safety; so, as Senhor L. was about to remove to Sao 
j Joaquim, at the mouth of the Uaupes, I agreed to go 
I with him, and try and procure more men there. My 
I Indians took nearly a fortnight to prepare the canoe with 
j new toldas — about two days’ work ; but then, though I 
was in a hurry, they were not. 
I Senhor L. had not a single man left with him, and 
' had to take his canoe down himself, and bring back 
Indians to assist him to remove his goods and his fa- 
; mily, when we went all together to Sao Joaquim, where 
i he intended to reside some time. I now thought I 
1 should be able to leave immediately, but found it not 
I such an easy matter, for every Indian I applied to had 
) some business of his own to attend to, before he could 
I possibly go with me to Barra. One said, his house was 
|i very much out of repair, and he must first mend it; 
' another had appointed a dance to take place in a week 
j or two, and when that was over, he was at my service ; 
; so I still had to wait a little longer, and try the Brazilian 
! remedy for all such annoyances — paciencia.” 
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