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trunk is overgrown by parasites. Foreign tropical trees 

 are cultivated about the houses everywhere, bread-fruit 



Fallen Trunk overgrown by Parasites. 



trees and Ameixas, a kind of plum of the hawthorn family, 

 bananas, etc. The bamboo of the East Indies also is used 

 to form avenues in Rio de Janeiro and its environs. The 

 alleys of bamboo in the grounds of the palace at San Chris- 

 tovao are among its most beautiful ornaments. 



Mr. Agassiz has been surprised to find that shrimps of 

 considerable size are common in all the brooks and even 

 in the highest pools of Tijuca. It seems strange to meet 

 with Crustacea of marine forms in mountain streams. 



To-day we are kept in the house by a violent rain, but 

 there is enough to do in looking over specimens, working 

 up journals, writing letters, &c., to prevent the time from 

 hanging heavy on our hands. To-morrow we return to 

 town. 



