of William John Burchell. 



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Burchell landed at Dover on March 24th, 1830, and 

 reached his home in Fulham on the following day. 



The journey originally planned by Burchell was far more 

 extensive. Thus he wrote to Sir William Hooker from Rio 

 (July 8th, 1826) :— 



"... It is at least my wish to visit the city of S. Paulo, 

 and thence by land through the provinces of Goyaz, Cuyaba, 

 and Matto Grosso into Peru, having the city of Luzco as my 

 principal object; and after doing in Peru as much as my 

 time (for my family prefer my being in England) and slender 

 means will allow me to do, I should wish to proceed by land 

 to Arequipa, Potosi, Salta, &c, &c, to Buenos Ayres, and 

 thence to my home at Fulham. . ." 



A letter nearly two years later to the same friend explains 

 the change. It is dated from Govaz, April 25, 182S : — 



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