. Pioneering in South Brazil, three years of forest and prairie life in the Province of Paraa. ls,which had now, to a great extent, recovered from theeffects of their first long march, while, at the sametime, those that I had bought at this place only threeweeks before, had to be re-sold on account of theirbeing worn out, and others bought to supply theirplaces. The newly engaged camaradas marched on foot,their scanty equipments alone being carried by thepack-mules. From the Freguezia de Assungui wemarched direct to Ponta Grossa and thence to ColoniaThereza, a weary distance of nearly 200 mile
. Pioneering in South Brazil, three years of forest and prairie life in the Province of Paraa. ls,which had now, to a great extent, recovered from theeffects of their first long march, while, at the sametime, those that I had bought at this place only threeweeks before, had to be re-sold on account of theirbeing worn out, and others bought to supply theirplaces. The newly engaged camaradas marched on foot,their scanty equipments alone being carried by thepack-mules. From the Freguezia de Assungui wemarched direct to Ponta Grossa and thence to ColoniaThereza, a weary distance of nearly 200 miles. OnceI was unfortunate enough to get a slight touch of sun-stroke, which, however, was sufficiently powerful toprostrate me hand and foot for several hours, and tostop the march for two clays. In passing through the little povoaqao of Ipiranga, 202 Pioneering in South Brazil, CH. IV. mentioned in the first volume of this book, we weredelayed another day by the loss of three of our had already got an evil name from us, onaccount of the number of mysterious disappearances of. JOAO, THE MULE-STEALEE. animals belonging to the expedition, that had takenplace in this neighbourhood. There was a certain old nigger, by name Joao,who was commonly credited with being the author ofthese otherwise unaccountable disappearances. yoao the Mulc-stealer. Whether he was so or not, certain it is that a mule,once lost at this camping ground, could never be re-covered except by the aid of Joao, who, on theseoccasions, always came forward and offered hrs servicesin the search, at the price of 5$000 per mule his assistance was declined, farewell to all chance ofseeing again your lost animals. A veritable blackmail was thus levied upon all passers by, though it wasimpossible to bring the matter home to its waryoriginator. The accompanying woodcut, from a sketch takenby my friend Mr. G. Selwyn Edwards, is a speakinglikeness of the original, who, in addition to his mule-stea
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