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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



transports of joy with which a happy people 

 welcomed the first German princess to a throne of 

 the new continent. Our long-expected colleagues, 

 too, the Austrian naturalists, were now likewise 

 arrived, and we hoped that we should commence 

 our journey in their company. This wish, however, 

 was not accomplished, because the Austrian em- 

 bassy declared that our learned countrymen should 

 remain a longer time in the province of Rio de 

 Janeiro. We were therefore compelled to prose- 

 cute our plan of travelling into the provinces of 

 S. Paulo, Minas Geraes, Goyaz, and Bahia alone, 

 and on the application of tlie Austrian embassy, 

 soon received from the Brazilian government the 

 necessary passports and letters of recommendation. 

 All the preparations for our enterprise were com- 

 pleted in the beginning of December, and the 

 moment to leave the capital was now arrived. 

 With great emotion we took leave of friends and 

 countrymen, to whom we were united by sincere 

 attachment and similarity of pursuits, and set out 

 upon our journey into the interior of the country, 

 and first to the province of S. Paulo. 



