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CHAPTER IV. 
VOYAGE UP THE COAST TO PARA. 
ON BOARD THE " CRUZEIRO DO SUL." MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. ARRIVAL 
AT BAHIA. DAY IN THE COUNTRY. RETURN TO THE STEAMER. CONVER- 
SATION ABOUT SLAVERY IN BRAZIL. NEGRO MARRIAGES. MACEIO. PER- 
NAMBUCO. PARAHYBA DO NORTE. RAMBLE ON SHORE. CEARA. DIFFI- 
CULT LANDING. BRAZILIAN BATHS. M ARANHAM. ASSAI PALM. VISIT TO 
ORPHAN ASYLUM. DETAINED IN PORT. VARIETY OF MEDUS.E ARRIVAL 
OF AMERICAN GUNBOAT. MORE MEDUSJE. DINNER ON SHORE. CORDIAL- 
ITY TOWARD THE EXPEDITION. ARRIVAL AT PARA. KlND RECEPTION. 
ENVIRONS OF PARA. LUXURIANT GROWTH. MARKETS. INDIAN BOATS. 
AGREEABLE CLIMATE. EXCURSION IN THE HARBOR. CURIOUS MUSHROOM. 
SUCCESS IN COLLECTING, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR HOST AND OTHER 
FRIENDS. FISHES OF THE FORESTS. PUBLIC EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY 
FOR THE EXPEDITION. GENEROSITY OF THE AMAZONIAN STEAMSHIP COM- 
PANY. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE SHORE FROM Rio TO PARA'. ER- 
RATIC DRIFT. LETTER TO THE EMPEROR. 
July 25tfi. On board the "Cruzeiro do Sul." We 
sailed to-day at 11 o'clock, bidding good by with regret, 
though not without hope of return, to the beautiful bay 
and mountains on which we have been looking for three 
months. Our party consists of Major Coutinho, Mr. Burk- 
liardt, Monsieur Bourget, who accompanies Mr. Agassiz 
to the Amazons as collector and preparator, our two young 
friends Mr. Hunnewell and Mr. James, and ourselves. At 
Bahia we shall be joined by Mr. Dexter and Mr. Thayer, 
two of our party who have preceded us up the coast, and 
have been collecting in the neighborhood of Bahia for two 
or three weeks. The aspect of the steamer is not very 
inviting, for it has been used of late for the transportation 
of troops to the south, in consequence of which it is very 
dirty ; it is also overcrowded on account of the number of 
persons bound northward, who have been detained in Rio 
