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trying to guess who these people are. They aren't native Brasilians. She is Portuguese, I think, speaks of things in Portugal. The man, keeper of the store, auto supplies etc,, may be Italian or "Turk"- "Turk" here is Syrian, Armenian any kind of near-Oriental. He has good manners- conspicuous here.
I think I've discovered the source of the myth of the perils of Matto Grosso. The travelers who have endured  its multitude of discomforts and torments feel entitled to medals for valor. If they told me of the insect-torture, of filth and mud and such, people at home would only laugh, so they tell of Indians with poisoned arrows, snakes and such. The natives are