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James and Ward to that of insects. In the meantime, Mr. 

 Burkhardt was engaged in drawing from life all the fishes which 

 could be obtained. 



The party which I have already mentioned as starting 

 together for the interior, Messrs. St. John, Allen, Ward and 

 Sceva, divided their forces after a time. Mr. Sceva remained 

 in the vicinity of Lagoa Santa, to seek for fossil remains in the 

 regions made famous by the researches of Dr. Lund, and after- 

 wards returned to the province of Rio de Janeiro, establishing 

 himself at Canta-Gallo, where he made a large collection of 

 skeletons. Mr. Ward extended his journey across the whole 

 continent to Para, passing from the middle course of the Rio 

 San Francisco into the basin of the Tocantins, which he 

 descended to the Amazons. Mr. St. John passed from the San 

 Francisco into the basin of the Parahyba, which he followed as 

 far as Theresia, whence he crossed to Caxias, followed the 

 valley of Piauhy to Maranhaon on the coast, and finally joined 

 me at Para, where we had an opportunity of connecting our 

 geological results, mine in the valley of the Amazons, his in 

 the valley of the Piauhy, on the spot. Mr. Allen left his com- 

 panions at the San Francisco, and returned across the country 

 to Bahia, taking the collections under his charge. He devoted 

 his attention chiefly to birds, of which he made a large alco- 

 holic collection, besides preparing many skins. During this 

 time Messrs. Hartt and Copeland undertook an entirely different 

 exploration in the eastern portions of the provinces of Rio de 

 Janeiro, Spiritu Santo, and the southern part of the province 

 of Bahia. Their collections were very satisfactory, and Mr. 

 Hartt's geological report was exceedingly novel and interesting. 

 While these parties were engaged as above stated, I started for 

 the Amazons with the other members of the expedition, viz., 

 Messrs. W. James, N. Dexter, W. Hunnewell, S. V. R. Thayer, 

 and J. Burkhardt. To these were added Major Coutinho, a 

 young Brazilian officer belonging to the government corps of 

 engineers, and detailed by the Emperor to accompany us. His 

 assistance was invaluable to us throughout the journey, and he 

 became my intimate associate in all my scientific undertakings 

 in Brazil. We were also joined by Mr. Bourget, a French nat- 

 uralist established in Rio, whose services I engaged as prepar- 

 ator during my residence in the region of the Amazons ; and 



