ciiArri'LR II 



1.1c lanciifi — l■",^L■^u^io^ ncrlli nf Cape Frir. — CircU 



KwiliuraliLtn — Slavery — ijototbgu Bay — TeriCbLrial 



IManarix — Clouds on the Coico\'aclo — IIea\y Rain — 



Musical Flogs — Phosphorescent Insects — Elater, 



springing poweis of — Line Ilaze — Noise made by i IJuUevIl)' — Entunmlogy 



Ants — Wasp killing a Spider — Parasitical Spider- Aitilices of an Kpeira 



Gregarious Spider — Spider with an uns)inmetiical \\'eb. 



RIO I)E JANEIRO 



,//;•// 4/// lo July <^i/i, 1832. — A few da}-s after our arrival 

 I became acquainted with an luiglishman who was t^oiiii;- to 

 visit his estate, situated, rather more than a lumdred miles 

 from the capital, to the northward (jf Cape ]'"rio. I gladly 

 accepted his kind offer of allowing ine to accompany him. 



April S///. — (Jur part}- amotmted to seven. The first stage 

 was \cry interesting. The day was powerfully hot, and as we 

 passed through the woods, c\'ei-)-thing \\as motionless, excepting 

 the large and brilliant butterflies, which lazily llitttcred about. 

 The view seen when crossing the hills behind l*raia Grande was 

 most beautiful ; the colours were intense, and the prevailing tint 

 a dark blue ; the sk)' and the calm waters of the bay \ led with 

 each other in splendciiir. After ptissing through some ctiN 

 ti\"ated cotmtrx', we enteri.'d a furest v.'hicli in the grandeiu' of 

 all its parts could not be exceeded. We arrived b\' midckiy at 



