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of Brazil; one mother, after the children had been pho- 

 tographed in their ordinary costume, begged that we re- 

 turn and take them in their Sunday clothes, which- was 

 accordingly done. In a year the railway from Rio will 

 reach Corumba; and then this city, and the country 

 roundabout, will see much development. 



At this point we rejoined the rest of the party, and 

 very glad we were to see them. Cherrie and Miller had 

 already collected some eight hundred specimens of mam- 

 mals and birds. 



