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health, and shooting up flowering stems. Prepusa Hook- 

 eriana does not look so well, but I think there is no danger 

 of it reaching Glasgow alive. Of the palms, Diplothemium 

 marifimwn, Euterpe edidis, and Corypha cerifera are alive. I 

 am afraid that the beautiful Luxemburgia is gone, as also the 

 Velozia. I have done all I can to save them, yet it is annoy- 

 ing to see so many blanks. The hot moist dull weather at 

 Maranham killed a great many of them. On our voyage we 

 passed close to Pernambuco, but we did not call.' I should 

 liked to have done so to see my old friends there, particular- 

 ly Adamson. At Maranham I saw two Oeiras acquaintan- 

 ces — one of them a son of the old Baron of Paranahiba. The 

 rebellion has at last been put down, and the province is once 

 more gettinij into a settled state. The authorities are catchinfj 

 all those who were engaged in the insurrection, and sending 

 them to the province of Rio Grande do sul to fight against 

 the rebels there, which is rare policy. 



" As we expect to make land in the course of about three 

 days, I have taken the liberty of addressing these few lines to 

 you, to be ready for the postoffice on my arrival at Liver- 

 pool. It is very probable that I may be detained therefor a 

 day or two on account of my numerous packages. The nearer 

 I approach home I find that I feel the more anxious to 

 be among my friends again. Intermingled with those feel- 

 ings, I find those of regret springing up also, at my having 

 left such a beautiful country as Brazil ; for, notwithstanding 

 the many privations to which my long journeyings gave rise, 

 I must acknowledge, that during my stay in it, I have en- 

 joyed a greater share of health and happiness than I have 

 done during any former period of my life. In admitting this 

 I do not forget that I atn entirely indebted to you for being 

 enabled to undertake and accomplish all that I have done ; 

 and I hope now very soon to be able to return you my most 

 sincere and grateful acknowledgments viva voce" 



