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these forest retreats, and go by the name of the " Peixe do 
Mato." 
Mr. Agassiz has not only to acknowledge the untiring 
kindness of individuals here, but also the cordial expression 
of sympathy from public bodies in the objects of the expe- 
dition. A committee from the municipality of the city has 
waited upon him to express the general satisfaction in the 
undertaking, and he has received a public demonstration 
of the same kind from the college. The bishop of the 
province and his coadjutor have also been most cordial in 
offers of assistance. Nor does the interest thus expressed 
evaporate in empty words. Mr. Pimenta Bueno is director 
of the Brazilian line of steamers from Para to Tabatinga.* 
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The trip to Manaos, at the mouth of the Rio Negro, is 
generally made in five days, allowing only for stoppages 
of an hour or two at different stations, to take or leave 
passengers and to deposit or receive merchandise. In order 
that we may be perfectly independent, however, and stop 
wherever it seems desirable to make collections, the com 
pany places at our disposition a steamer for one month 
between Para and Manaos. There are to be no passen- 
gers but ourselves, and the steamer is provided with 
everything necessary for the whole company during that 
period, food, service, &c. I think it may fairly be said 
that in no part of the world could a private scientific un- 
dertaking be greeted with more cordiality or receive a more 
liberal hospitality than has been accorded to the present 
* The President of this line is the Baron de Maza, esteemed by his country- 
men as a financier of great ability and a man of rare energy, perseverance, and 
patriotism. As he was in Europe during the year of my visit to Brazil, I had 
not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him, and I therefore welcome 
this opportunity of thanking him for the liberality shown in all their dealings 
with me by the company of which he is the moving spirit. L. A. 
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