the (Riverof'hmaions^.    (175)
Other Parts ; fo that Provifion is fcarce therey
only: for lack of a little Care and Pain's to;
manure the Ground, which ftill retains its'
former Fruitfulnefs ; and that's all that re-
mains there, unlefs it be a fmall number
of the Natives : Tho 'tis the moft lovely
Situation to dwell8 in, and has the moft
agreeable Profpect in the World, fo that
it would continually furnifli thofe that fhould
fettle in it with all the Conveniences and
Pleafures.of Life.
CHAP.   LXXXI.
Of the River of the Tocantins, : and of a
French Man that fail'd into this Country to
fetch the Sand of it:-
BEhind the Town of Commuta paffes
the River of the Tocantins, to throw
it felf into the Amazone, and has the Repu-
tation in this Country of being very rich,
and that not without good reafon. in all ap-
pearance : yet the Worth of it has not been
yet known by any, but only by one French
Man, who was wont to come afhore upon
the Banks of it every Year, and return'd with
his Veffels loaded only with the Earth, out
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