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note-books or upon the specimens themselves will always be 

 described as between or near places which have been thus 

 identified and are indicated upon the map. As regards Bur- 

 chell's two expeditions from Rio de Janeiro into Minas Geraes 

 and the Organ Mountains, hardly any of the places mentioned 

 could be found ; but it is clear from the time occupied and 

 the account of the work done that he did not travel far. 



Following the exact data which Burchell always records, 

 we find that he left Fulham at 9.30 A.M. on March 10, 1825, 

 and sailed from Portsmouth at 9 A.M. on March 15th. The 

 main outlines of the journey are set forth below in a tabular 

 form copied from a paper gummed into one of his manuscript 

 note-books in the Hope Department, viz. " Index to the Lo- 

 calities of the Plants in the Brazilian Herbarium &c, serving 

 also for the Localities for the Collection of Insects &c." The 

 only modification of Burchell's original table is the insertion 

 of the two expeditions from Rio in their proper positions in 

 time, instead of placing them at the end, and thus putting the 

 three separated periods in Rio itself in juxtaposition. 



* This number is given by Burchell. He probably deducted the days 

 spent in travelling from and to Rio. 



