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vince will be represented by one. The rest consists of eleven gunboats, seven steamers, one corvette, two bombketcbes, one patacbo (schooner), and one brig.^ The fleet is to be increased by four new gunboats from Europe, which will be stationed in the Upper Uruguay.

The Monitors and some of the ironclads were built at Rio de Janeiro ; the rest were supplied by France and the Thames ironworks. A curious form of showing neutrality!

We landed at the redoubt Timbo, lately evacuated when the fall of Humaita took away its occupation. It is called after the old Piquete Timbo, whose deserted ranchos and orange-grove may still be seen someway up stream. The name, as is often the case in these rude regions, is taken from a tree which supplies wood for tables and indoor objects, and


 * The following is the official list :

Ironclads (10) :-

-

Salvado, 8

gun

5,130 men.

Brazil,

8

juns

, 145 men.

Monitors (6) : —

Tainandar^,

6

>5

120

jj

Alagoas, 1

J)

60 â€ž

Barroso,

7

}>

149

>>

(now

36 to 39)

Bahia,

2

>>

147

j>

Rio Grande, 1

})

60 â€ž

Herval,

2

Â»

134

>Â»

Para, 1

)}

60 â€ž

Lima Barros

4

Â»

171

5Â»

Piauhy, 1

jj

60 â€ž

Colombo,

8

}>

132

â€ž

Ceara, 1

Â»

60 â€ž

MarizeBarros,2

Â»

124

Â»

Sta. Catherina,!

)>

60 â€ž

Cabral,

8

i)

130

Â»

Gunboats (11) :—

Belmonte,

8

â€ž

129

>>

OnzedeJunho,2

Â»

83 â€ž

Paranahyba,

8

jj

141

)f

Lindoya, 1

3Â»

22 â€ž

Maracana,

8

J>

89

iÂ»

E. Martins, 6

J>

108 â€ž

Mearim,

8

J>

187

)f

Greenhalgh 2

>>

100 â€ž

Mage,

8

J5

140

Â»

Bomb-ketches (2) :-

-

Itajahy,

6

Â»>

79

>t

Pedro Affonso, 3

J>

43 â€ž

Beberibe,

8

>J

164

}>

F.deCoimbra,3

Â»Â»

52 â€ž

Iguatemy,

5

Â»

120

)}

Corvette,Biihiana,22

Â»

166 â€ž

Aragaary,

8

>Â»

82

SJ

Schooner, Iguassii

Ivahy,

6

Â»

101

â€¢>

(carries the

Ypiranga,

8

))

79

Â»

Commodore), 4

}>

37 â€ž

Steamers (7) : —

Brig, Peperi-assii, 1

)>

33 â€ž

Taquary,

2

if

96

J>

Chuy,

2

Â»

73

>>

Total, 186

^uns

3719 men.

Tramandahy,

2

)f

44

Â»