CHAPTER XIII.

SÃO JERONYMO TO THE DOWNS.

Voyage down the Rio Negro--Arrive at Barra--Obtaining a passport--State of the city--Portuguese and Brazilian enterprise--System of credit--Trade--Immorality, and its causes--Leave Barra--A storm on the Amazon--Salsaparilha--A tale about Death--Pará--The yellow fever--Sail for England--Ship takes fire--Ten days in the boats--Get picked up--Heavy gales--Short of provisions--Storm in the Channel--Arrive at Deal 256

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