s left
there by some missionary Father or native explorer, or by some escaped
slave.

Just below the point where the stream Capim Branco entered the S.
Lourenco River (elev. 1,800 ft. above the sea level), there was a most
beautiful waterfall--the Salto Floriano Peixoto. Two minor falls, some 30
ft. high (Salto Benjamin) were also to be seen under arches of luxuriant
vegetation, just above the point of junction of the two streams.

The roaring and foaming volume of water of the greater fall rolled over a
vertical volcanic rock, about 60 ft. high and 60 ft. wide, with a small
terrace half way up its face. The bed of the river--below the fall--was,
like all the torrents of that region, of strangely shaped lava blocks.
With the dense foliage, the innumerable _caite_, a medicinal plant with
huge leaves, the festooned liane and creepers--all most verdant in the
sombre green light filtering through the foliage and the moisture of the
abundant spray from the fall--it was indeed a magnificent sight. In order
to see it, however, one had to suffer a great deal, because in forcing
one's way through the dense vegetation one got literally covered with
_carrapatos_ and _carrapatinhos_.

Above the falls, for some hundreds of yards, there were terrific rapids
in the river, which flowed over a steep bed of yellow lava in terraces,
over steps and over a fourth minor fall some distance off.

DISTANCES FROM THE ARAGUAYA TO CAPIM BRANCO

Kil. Metres.
Araguaya to Ponte Alto 26 400
Ponte Alto to Fogaca 19 800
Fogaca to Prata 20
Prata to Ponte Queimada 23 700
Ponte Queimada to Bella Vista 19 800
Bella Vista to Agua Quente 26 500
Agua Quente to Barreiros 10
Barreiros to Agua Emeindada 16 500
Agua Emeindada to Tachos 29 700
Tachos to Bugueirao 20
Bugueirao to Paredaozinho 20
Paredaozinho to Paredao Grande 20
Paredao Grande to Cabeca de Boi 33 100
Cabeca de Boi to Sangrador 33 100
Sangrador to Sangradorzinho 20
Sangradorzinho to Varzen Grande 20
Varzen Grande to Lagoa Secca 23
Lagoa Secca to Caxoerinha 26 500
Caxoerinha to Ponte de Pedra 10
Ponte de Pedra to Lagoa Formosa 20
Lagoa Formosa to Xico Nunes 20
Xico Nunes to Sapaturo 16 500
Sapaturo to Presidente