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TRAVELS ON THE RIO NEGRO. 
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ments and dresses, to add to my collection. I also took 
advantage of the visit of a Tushaua, or ckief, who well 
understood the Lingoa Geral, to obtain a vocabulary of 
their language. 
Just as I was about to leave on my voyage down, krl 
received a note from Senhor Chagas, requesting, in the 
name of Tenente Jesuino, the loan of my canoe, to ascend 
higher up the river ; which, as the time of his stay was 
very uncertain, I was obliged to refuse. This Tenente, 
an ignorant half-breed, was sent by the new Barra 
government to bring all the Tushauas, or chiefs, of the 
Uaupes and Isanna rivers to Barra, to receive diplomas 
and presents. An Indian, sent by him, had arrived at 
Carurii caxoeira, and wished to buy the oba of the Tu- 
shaua, after I had paid for and got possession of it, and 
even had the impudence to request me to give it back 
again, in order that he might purchase or borrow it ; and 
my refusal was, of course, quite sufficient seriously to 
offend the said Tenente. 
On the 25th, having been just a fortnight at Mu- 
ciira, I left, much disappointed with regard to the col- 
lections I had made there. The same day I reached 
Uarucapuri, whence I could not proceed without a pilot, 
as the falls below are very dangerous. There was hardly 
a male in the village, Messrs. Jesuino and Chagas having 
taken all with them up the river, to assist in an attack 
on an Indian tribe, the “ Carapanas,’’ where they hoped 
to get a lot of women, boys, and children, to take as 
presents to Barra. There was scarcely anything to be^ 
had to eat : fish were not to be caught, though we 
sent our Indians out every day ; and though fowls were 
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