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about. half an hour afterwards Mr. J—— saw, and some of the 
others heard, a second body fall into the water. Could these be 
meteoric stones ? The thermometer for some days not under 80°. 
4th. — Weare going slowly along the land, thermometer 82° morn- 
ing and evening ; 89° at noon. 
9th. — Sailing along the land and among the islands of the bay of 
Santos, not one half of which appear in the charts. They are mostly 
high; many of them rocky, and many covered with palm trees. We 
have had the thermometer at 94°; but last night a thunder-storm 
and some heavy squalls of wind and rain have cooled the air. 
13th. — We anchored in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. 
