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many fragments, and even octahedral crystals of 

 titaniferous iron. After everything had been ar- 

 ranged, we ascended the last promontories of Ita- 

 columi, from which we enjoyed the inexpressible 

 pleasure of seeing close before us part of the long- 

 wished-for town of Villa Rica. Mr. Von Eschwege, 

 who resides here as colonel of the engineers, and 

 director of the gold works, had previously had the 

 kindness to hire apartments in the inn. As Caba9as, 

 at the entrance of the town, where we could imme- 

 diately dispose of our baggage. Full of joy, we rode 

 down the mountain, and, on the 28th of February, 

 being just one month after our departure from 

 Ypanema, arrived safe in the capital of the mining 

 country. 



NOTE TO CHAPTER III. 



In the fi-iable matrix of the yellow topazes, which has a 

 greasy feel, we found, on accurate examination, the follow- 

 ing fossils : — 



1. Small-scaly lithomarge, yellowish and pinchbeck- 

 brown, in places pearl-grey and silver-white ; in the longi- 

 tudinal fracture shining a little, and like mother-of-pearl ; 

 in the transverse fracture, faintly glimmering ; very fine and 

 greasy to the touch ; slightly adhering together in roundislf 



