300 A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL. 



Lieutenant-Colonel of the National Guard of Mauhes, re- 

 turning to his home there, after a stay of several weeks 

 in Manaos. Besides these, our party consists of Major 

 Coutinho, Mr. Burkhardt, and ourselves. The position of 

 Mauhes, on the southern side of the Amazons, and its 

 proximity to Manaos and Serpa, may make this excursion 

 especially instructive, with reference to the study of the 

 geographical distribution of the Fishes in the great net- 

 work of rivers connecting the Rio Madeira and the Rio 

 Tapajoz with the Amazons. 



