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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. ()h 



I'roiii l\io (le Janeiro an ascent of Itatiaya, the hi}.;liest mountain 

 in Brazil, was made, and on the very top, 10,000 feet ahcjve the sea, 



Im(;. 76. — I lit" wax i)alni, in tlu- State e>l llaliia, Kr.uil, 

 tiDiu which is dlitaiiifd " canuiha," the wax \tsi(l in tlie 

 niannfactiire nf iihimoj^raphic reccirds. Pliotn^raiih liy 

 Russell. 



was found a small cactus with heantiful rose colored llowers. F.x- 

 cursions were also made to Caho l"'rio, to llha (irande, and to the 

 islands in the Hay of Rio de Janeiro. .A lew days were si)ent in 



