1852.] 
COEUECTING THE CALENDAU. 
367 
I 
i 
i 
I 
) 
1 
I 
I 
1 
,j 
I 
Carurii caxoeira, we had found that Messrs. Jesiiino and 
Chagas differed from us on this important particular; 
but as they had been some time out, we thought they 
might have erred as well as ourselves. Now however 
that Senhor Augustinho, who had recently come from 
Sao Gabriel, whence he had brought the correct date, 
agreed with them, there was no withstanding such au- 
thority. A minute examination of my diary was made, 
and it was then found that on our first stay at Caruru 
we had reckoned our delay there as five days instead 
of six. The Indians generally keep accounts of the time 
very accurately on a voyage, by cutting notches on a 
stick, as boys do at school on the approach of the holi- 
days. In our case, however, even they were most of 
them wrong, for some of them agreed with me, while 
others made a day in advance, and others again a day 
behind us, so that we got completely confused. Some- 
times the traders residing at the Indian villages pass 
many months, without seeing a person from any civilized 
part, and get two or three days out in their reckonings. 
Even in more populous places, where all the inhabitants 
depend on the priest or the commandante, errors have 
been made, and Sundays and Saints’-days have been 
desecrated, while Mondays and common days have been 
observed in their place, much to the horror of all good 
Catholics. 
The next morning I took a turn over the village, — 
bought some paroquets and parrots, and some feather 
ornaments and small pots, of the Tushaua; and then, 
having nothing to keep me at Jauarite, and having 
vainly endeavoured to get some Indians to go with me, 
I left for Sao Jeronymo. On arriving at the first great 
