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TRAVELS ON THE RIO NEGRO. 
[_April, 
bows and arrows, and feathers ; and at one of them I 
found my runaway pilot, and made him give me two 
baskets of farinha, instead of the payment he had re- 
ceived for the voyage from Carurti to Jauarite. At the 
last caxoeira, close to Jauarite, we were very near losing 
our canoe, which was let down by a rope, I remaining 
in it ; but just in passing, it got twisted broadside, and 
the water rushing up from the bottom, had the curious 
effect of pushing it up against the fall, where it remained 
a considerable time completely on one side, and appear- 
ing as if every minute it would turn over. However, at 
last it was got out, and we reached the village, much to 
the surprise of Senhor Jesuino, who had arrived there 
but a few hours before us. My friend Senhor Augus- 
tinho, of Sao Jeronymo, was also there, and I spent the 
evening pleasantly with them. 
I found that we differed in our calculations of the 
date, there being a day’s difference in our reckonings of ■ 
"if'' 
the day of the week and the day of the month. As h*'' 
had been three months up the river, it was to be sup-^ 
posed I was wrong ; yet as I had kept a regular diary 
all the voyage, I could not at all make out how I had 
erred. This however is a common thing in these remote) 
districts. When two parties meet, one going up and 
the other coming down the river, the first inquiry of the 
latter, after the usual compliments, is, '' What day is it 
with you?” and it not unfrequently happens, that there 
are three parties present, all of whom make it different 
days ; and then there is a comparison of authorities, 
and a determination of past Saints’-days, in order to 
settle the correction of the disputed calendar. When at 
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