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the canoe three or four times in the course of as many 
hours, is a great annoyance. Baskets of farinha and 
salt, of mandiocca-cakes and pacovas, are strewn about. 
Panellas are often broken ; and when there comes a 
shower of rain, everything has to be heaped together 
in a hurry, — palm-leaves cut, and the more perishable 
articles covered ; but boxes, redes, and numerous other 
articles are sure to be wetted, and very uncomfortable 
when again placed, with equal hurry and confusion, in 
the canoe. If I had birds or insects out drying, they 
were sure to be tumbled, or blown by the wind, or 
wetted by the rain, and the same fate was shared by my 
note-books and papers. Articles in boxes, unless packed 
tight, were shaken and rumpled by not being carried 
evenly ; so that it was an excellent practice of patience, 
to bear all with philosophical serenity. We had passed 
all these falls by midday ; and at night slept on a rock, 
where was a small rapid, and a house without inhabitants. 
On the 8 th we had tolerably quiet water, with only 
two small rapids, the '' Taiena” (Child), and “ Paroquet'* 
caxoeiras. On the 9th, in the morning, we reached the 
‘‘Pacu" fall, and then had a quiet stream, though full 
of rocks, till the afternoon, when we passed the “Ma- 
cucu" (a tree), “Ananas” (Pine-apple), and “Uacu” (a 
fruit) caxoeiras ; all very bad and difficult ones. We had 
left Caruru with very little farinha, as none was to be 
had there, and we had seen no inhabited sitios where 
any could be purchased; so the Indians were now on 
short allowance of “beiju,” which they had brought 
with them. Of a passing Indian I bought a basket of 
Ocoki, and some fish. The Ocoki is a large pear-shaped 
