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island Joannes, and from the district of PARA, 
we know little or nothing, except that there 
are found in the interior many fine helices, 
muscles, &c.—Shells, therefore, however com- 
mon in those places, would be objects of at- 
‘tention here. 
THE land and fresh-water shells from Per- 
nambuco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro, are quite 
as interesting, if not more so, than those which 
are found on the coast. I have lately received» 
through the kindness of Dr. Gardner, several 
new varieties from the interior, of great inter- 
est and value. 
To the southward of Rio*, near the isle of 

* At the Royal Farm, Santa Cruz, about forty miles from 
Rio, where I held an official situation, (first administrator), I 
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