16 TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



embassy. All three were on board the Austria, 

 as well as the commander of the two frigates. 

 Quarters were assigned on board the same vessel, 

 to professor Mikan and his lady; the two Bavarian 

 naturalists, Spix and Martius ; the Austrian land- 

 scape painter Th. Ender ; M. Weber, merchant 

 of Triest ; and to M. Nerini, Austrian consul- 

 general at Cadiz, who took the opportunity of this 

 conveyance to Gibraltar. The Augusta frigate 

 took on board the Austrian naturalist, Natterer ; 

 the gardener, Schott ; the botanical painter, Buch- 

 berger, with some assistants ; a mercantile commis- 

 sioner, and his secretary. The command of this 

 vessel was given to lieutenant-colonel Agurti. 

 The Austrian mineralogist Pohl, and the animal 

 painter Frick, were to make the voyage on board 

 a Portuguese vessel. Count Von Wrbna was to 

 proceed from London to Brazil, to bring thither 

 the first news of the celebration of the marriage 

 by proxy. The two frigates were ordered to sail 

 in company to Gibraltar, there to wait for the 

 Archduchess ; who, with her retinue and the em- 

 bassy, was to embark on board a Portuguese 

 squadron ordered to Leghorn. As soon as all 

 the travellers were on board, and the preparations 

 entirely completed, the governor of Triest visited 

 the two frigates, each of which had forty-four guns, 

 and a crew of 260 men, inspected the crews and 

 the cargoes, and then, with the most ardent wishes 

 for a happy voyage, and amidst the thunder of 

 artillery, took his leave. 



