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Title: Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country ... including a voyage to the Rio de la Plata, and an historical sketch of the revolution of Buenos Ayres
Year: 1816 (1810s)
Authors: Mawe, John, 1764-1829
Subjects: Gold mines and mining Diamond mines and mining
Publisher: Philadelphia Published by M. Carey, no. 121, Chestnut street, and Wells and Lilly, Boston
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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uantity of rudemasses, composed of grit and rounded quartz, forminga loose and friable kind of pudding-stone. The coun-try appeared almost destitute of wood, presenting occa-sionally a few poor shrubs; there were no cattle to beseen, yet some of the tracts would certainly maintainsheep in great numbers. Having halted at a placeabout half way, we descended a very steep mountain,full a mile in the declivity, and entered a ravine wherewe crossed a very good wooden bridge over the riverJigitonhonha, which is larger than the Derwent atDerby. We rode along its margin, where the landappears much richer, presenting a good vegetable soilcovered with underwood; and, proceeding about aleague, arrived at the famed place called Mandanga.The habitations, which are about one hundred in num-ber, are built detached, and are generally of a circularform, with very high thatched roofs, like African huts,but much larger. The walls are formed of uprightstakes, interwoven with small branches and coated with
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INTERIOR OF BRAZILS. 229 clay inside and out. The houses of the officers are ofthe same materials, but of much more convenient form,and whitewashed within. Near some of the houseswe observed inclosures for gardens, which, in some de-gree, enlivened the prospect, and gave an air of comfortto these rude and simple dwellings. I remained here five days, during which I was oc-cupied in viewing and examining various parts of theworks, of which 1 shall here attempt to give a generaldescription. This rich river, formed by the junction of a numberof streams which will be hereafter noted, is as wide asthe Thames as Windsor, and in general from three tonine feet deep. The part now in working is a curve orelbow, from which the current is diverted into a canalcut across the tongue of land round which it winds, theriver being stopped just below the head of the canal byan embankment formed of several thousand bags ofsand. This is a work of considerable magnitude, andrequires the co-operation of all

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