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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 



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 



