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the next winter, speaking first of all at 

 the Lowell Institute npon the scientific 

 results of the Brazilian journey. If he 

 seemed stronger in health, it was through 

 the mere revivifying force of such enjoy- 

 ment. Not only to his eager intellect 

 had the year brought satisfaction. His 

 scientific delights were added to all the 

 enjoyments of an ordinary traveller. 

 Only one who has never felt it can speak 

 lightly of the wonderful sensuous beauty 

 of the tropical forests, ceiled as well as 

 carpeted with flowers ; the air swooning 

 with heavy scents ; the narrow boat- 

 paths winding through tangled archi- 

 pelagoes ; the gunner's bag of birds look- 

 ing like a bunch of flowers ; the insects 

 by day and by night like living jewels ; 

 the colour, angry and brave, that is the 

 very soul of the tropics ; 



"And all the marvel of the golden 

 skies. 77 



