PRELIMINARY EXPLORATIONS. 47 



July 28. — En route again. The train is very full. 

 After starting at 5 a.m. I slept till 7.30, but was at first 

 taken aback by the sight of a man seated opposite me with 

 a peculiar eye. While he slept, his head leaning against 

 the cushion, this eye was wide open and glaring at me! 

 Since it has become light, I find it is a glass eye. After 

 breakfast we entered into conversation, and he turns out to 

 be a brother of John the Baptist, who is so very kind to 

 me at Brumado ; he is getting out at Juiz de Fora, but 

 before long hopes to return to his home at Brumado. 



