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will be read with interest. Some of the regions which he ^dsited have seldom been 

 trodden by Eui-opeans — never by Englishmen ; so that his observations derive value 

 from the novelty of the matters to which they relate. But the most interesting parts 

 of the volume before us relate to man. How this vast empire subsists from day to 

 day is a marvel." — Athenmum. 



" Mr. Gardner, occupied with his duties as Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens 

 of Ceylon, has been tardy in giving the world the history of his travels in Brazil ; 

 but in their long course he enriched our Flora with many a valuable addition, and 

 enlarged the boundaries of botanic science by enterprise, skill, and industry, rarely sur- 

 passed by any individual devotee. For these exertions the country has to thank him ; 

 and his book is worthily dedicated to Sir Wm. Hooker, who can show, in the Royal 

 Gardens of Kew, most of the numerous specimens sent by the author from Brazil and 

 acclimated in England." — Literary Gazette. 



" Right welcome is a book of veritable travels in a country previously unexplored, 

 and still more by one who combines with the power of a pleasant writer much know- 

 ledge of the science, and that passionate devotion to natural history which incites 

 to adventure. In the course of his extensive journeyings, Mr. Gardner was much 

 among the people, and enjoyed peculiar facilities for observing their habits, manners, 

 and minds ; the notes, he tells us, were wi-itten, for the most part, at the places 

 described dming his intervals of rest, and these are to be detected in a moment by 

 their more graphic descriptions and energetic manner." — Critic. 

 ^ " From the time of the anomalous law of the Jesuits to the present, the distiict 



< between the Rio de la Plata and the Amazons has been traversed by travellers of 

 s no secondar'y qualifications, yet the author of the above work has found it almost 



> new ground. Mr. Gardner's volume, bearing the inimitable impress of candour 

 I and good faith, as of the competency of the author for the task he undertook, is 



< not more valuable to the man of science than interesting to the general reader." — 

 5 Ecclesiastical Review. 



I "The narrative of his varied adventures forms not only to the enthusiastic 



> botanist, but to the general reader, an exceedingly entertaining and also instructive 

 ^ book, from the new view which it gives of the society of Brazil — particularly in 

 I its less known provinces. . . . Those who select entertaining reading for young 



< persons, — which, at the same time, gives, or insinuates, useful information, — will find 

 I much admirable material in this volume. Nowhere are more diverting tame 

 i monkeys, or such enormous boa-constrictors to be heard of. . . . One of the most 



i attractive sections of the volume is an account of, and expedition to, the Diamond ^ 



< District, and the manner of working the mines and diamond washing." — Tail's ^ 

 i Edinhurcjh Magazine. 



\ " When camping out on the mountain-top or in the wilderness ; roughing it in his 

 j long journeys through the interior ; observing the very singular mode of life there 

 presented to his notice ; describing the curious characters that feU under his observation, 

 or giving an account of more tangible things, as the nature of the diseases, the arts 

 or substitutes for arts of the people, and the natural jiroductions of the countiy — these 

 Travels in the Interior of Brazil are full of attraction. The book, like the country 

 it describes, is full of new matter." — Spectator. 



