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A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL. 



practice in travelling one learns to improvise the conven- 

 iences for work almost without the accessories which seem 

 indispensable at home. Opposite to the laboratory on the 

 other side of the entry is a room of the same size, where 



Veranda and Dining-room at Tefi^. 



the gentlemen have slung their hammocks ; back of this is 

 my room, from the window of which, looking into the court 

 behind, I get a glimpse of some lovely Assai palms and one 

 or two orange-trees in full flower ; adjoining that is the 



