AN OLD SWORD 
sword of the time of the Emperor Pedro II. A fight 
must have taken place there between a Brazilian expedi¬ 
tion and the Mundurucu Indians, who at that time were 
to be found, I believe, in that region. Presumably the 
expedition had been attacked at that spot while trying 
to land. The sword was in excellent preservation, as it 
had been under water during all those years. 
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