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about half an hour afterwards Mr. J saw, and some of the 



others heard, a second body fall into the water. Could these be 

 meteoric stones ? The thermometer for some davs not under 80°. 



4th. — We are going slowly along the land, thermometer 82° morn- 

 ing and evening ; 89° at noon. 



9th. — Sailing along the land and among the islands of the bay of 

 Santos, not one half of which appear in the charts. They are mostly 

 high ; many of them rocky, and many covered with palm trees. We 

 have had the thermometer at 94° ; but last night a thunder-storm 

 and some heavy squalls of wind and rain have cooled the air. 



13th. — We anchored in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. 



