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island Joannes, and from the district of PARA, 

 we know little or nothing, except that there 

 are found in the interior many fine helices, 

 muscles, &c. Shells, therefore, however com- 

 mon in those places, would be objects of at- 

 tention here. 



THE land and fresh-water shells from Per- 

 nambuco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro, are quite 

 as interesting, if not more so, than those which 

 are found on the coast. I have lately received* 

 through the kindness of Dr. Gardner, several 

 new varieties from the interior, of great inter- 

 est and value. 



To the southward of Rio*, near the isle of 



* At the Royal Farm, Santa Cruz, about forty miles from 

 H io. where I held an official situation, (first administrator), I 



