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them extra wages. They ate with me, and did not row 
with the other Indians ; but the temptation of being 
left alone for nearly a day, with a garafao of caxa^a, 
was too strong for them. Of course I passed all over 
in silence, appearing to be perfectly ignorant of what 
had taken place, as, had I done otherwise, they would 
probably both have left me, after having received the 
greater part of their payment beforehand, and I should 
have been unable to proceed on my voyage. 
With Bernardo’s assistance, I soon got ten paddles in 
my canoe; and having paid most of them out of my 
stock of axes, mirrors, knives, beads, etc., we went along 
very briskly to Jauarite, where we arrived on the morn- 
ing of the 28th. I was anxious to pass the caxoeira im- 
mediately, but was delayed, — paying two Indians, who 
left me here, and procuring others ; so my ague fit fell 
upon me before we left the village, and I was very weak 
and feverish when we went to pass the falls. We un- 
loaded the whole of the cargo, which had to be carried 
a considerable distance through the forest; and even 
then, pulling the canoe up the falls was a matter of great 
difficulty. There are two falls, at some distance from 
each other, which make the land-carriage very long. 
We then re-embarked, when Bernardo coolly informed 
me that he could go no further, after having received 
payment for the whole voyage. His brother, he said, 
should go in his place ; and when I returned, he would 
pay me what he owed me. So I was forced to make 
the best of it ; but shortly after I found that his brother 
would only go to Jacare caxoeira, and thus I was a second 
time deceived. 
