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enumerated ; suffice it now to add that my ex- 

 pectation of finding in deep waters animals 

 already known, but thus far exceedingly rare 

 in museums, is already in a measure real- 

 ized. . . . 



Little can be said of the voyage from the 

 West Indies to Rio de Janeiro. It had the 

 usual vicissitudes of weather, with here and 

 there a flight (so it might justly be called) of 

 flying-fish, a school of porpoises or dog-fish, 

 or a sail in the distance, to break the monot- 

 ony. At Rio de Janeiro it became evident 

 that the plan of the voyage must be somewhat 

 curtailed. This was made necessary partly 

 by the delays in starting, in consequence of 

 which the season would be less favorable than 

 had been anticipated along certain portions of 

 the proposed route, and partly by the de- 

 fective machinery, which had already given 

 some trouble to the Captain. The Falkland 

 Islands, the Rio Negro, and the Santa Cruz 

 rivers were therefore renounced; with what 

 regret will be understood by those who know 

 how hard it is to be forced to break up a 

 scheme of work, which was originally con- 

 nected in all its parts. The next pause was 

 at Monte Video ; but as there was a strict 



