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flowering shrub — Visit to Tijuca — Yellow fever in Brazil — A 

 giant of the forest — Voyage to Bahia and Pernambuco — Equa- 

 torial rains — Fernando Noronha — St. Vincent in the Cape 

 Verde Islands — Trade winds of the North Atlantic — Lisbon — 

 Return to England .. ... ... ... ... 303 



Appendix A. — On the fall of temperature in ascending to heights 

 above the sea-level ... ... ... ... ... 369 



Appendix B. — Remarks on Mr. Croll's theory of secular changes 

 of the earth's climate ... ... ... ... ... 393 



