CHAPTER XIV.
OURO PRETO TO RIO DE JANEIRO, AND SECOND JOURNEY
TO THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS.
Leaves
Ouro Preto—Arrives at San Caetano—Passes Arraial de Pinheiro—Piraiiga
—Filippe Alvez—San Caetano—Pozo Alegre—Sadly incommoded by a
thunderstorm—Reaches Arraial das Merces Chapeo d'Uva—Entre os
Morros—Crosses Rio Parahyburia—And enters the Province of Rio de
Janeiro—Passes Paiol— Reaches Villa de Parahyba—Crosses the River
Parahyba — Mode of Ferrying described—Passes Padre Correa—Corrego
Seco—Reaches summit Pass of the Serra d'Estrella—Magnificent view of
the Metropolitan City, its Harbour, and surrounding scenery—Arrives at
Porto d'Estrella—Embarks for the City and finally arrives at Rio de
Janeiro—All the Collections brought from the Interior are arranged and
shipped to England—The Author resolves again to visit the Organ
Mountains—His departure for the Serra—Adds largely to his Collections —
Ascends the loftiest peaks of the Mountains—Their elevation above the
sea about 7,500 feet—Departs on an excursion to the Interior—Passes the
Serra do Capim— Monte Caffe—Santa Eliza—Sapucaya—Porto d'Anta—Crosses
Rio Parahyba— Passes Barro do Lourical—San Jose—Porto da
Cunha—Recrosses the Rio Parahyba— Reaches Cantagallo—Visits Novo
Friburgo—Description of these two Swiss Colonies—Pleasant sojourn in
the Organ Mountains.
Two
days after my return from the city of Ouro Preto, we left the village
of San Caetano for Rio de Janeiro, and having travelled in a S.E.
direction about two leagues and a half, we halted for the night in a
public rancho near a small fazenda. It rained heavily nearly all the
way, and there was much thunder; our road was through a hilly country,
the hollows only being thickly wooded; in marshy spots I observed some
fine large Talauma trees, which are the Magnolias of South America, and whose large blossoms are equally fragrant. The rain continued all night, but towards
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