636 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



tendered in such a way as to show that an ex- 

 pression of cordiality toward the United States 

 was intended also in the friendly feehng with 

 which everything was done to facilitate my re- 

 searches. In the first place, the emperor gave 

 me as a traveling companion an extremely in- 

 telligent and well-educated Brazilian, the man 

 of all others whom I should have chosen had 

 I been consulted beforehand ; and for the six 

 months during which we have been on our 

 journey here, I have not been able to spend a 

 dollar except for my personal comfort, and for 

 my collections. All charges for transportation 

 of persons and baggage in public conveyances, 

 as well as for specimens, have everywhere been 

 remitted by order of the government. This is 

 not all ; when we reached Para the Brazilian 

 Steamship Company placed a steamer at my 

 disposal, that I might stop where I pleased on 

 the way, and tarry as long as I liked instead 

 of following the ordinary Une of travel. In 

 this way I ascended the Amazons to Manaos, 

 and from there, by the ordinary steamer, 

 reached the borders of Peru, making pro- 

 longed stays at Manaos and at Ega, and send- 

 ing out exploring parties up the Javary, the 

 Jutay, the lea, etc. On my return to Manaos, 

 at the junction of the Rio Negro and the 



