TRAVELS IN BEAZIL. 



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the Austria frigate, which, as well as the Augusta,) 

 was built and equipped in the arsenal of Venice,/ 

 and were destined by the Austrian government to 

 receive on board the greater part of the extraor- 

 dinary embassy, and of the legation to the court 

 of Brazil, the members of the scientific expedition,! 

 aind some agents for the commercial intercourse to^ 

 be opened with Brazil, as well as the Austriani 

 mercantile articles intended for that pui'pbse. Some^ 

 of the officers and crew were Germans, but the^ 

 greater part Venetians; i /iKfii T brr^ ) ;3 / 



Every thing was ready for sailing, and we too) 

 had completed all our preparations, when newsi 

 was received that it would be above a week before 

 the embassy would arrive. We resolved, there-l 

 fore, before we quitted our native land, to view thai 

 treasures of art at Venice. A favourable oppor-: 

 tunity for this plan was offered by the return of 

 an imperial brig to Venice, which had brought 

 from the arsenal some stores necessary to com-i 

 plete the equipment of our two frigates. W& 

 sailed in the night of the S5th of March, and inr 

 the morning were already at the entrance of the 

 harbour of Venice. The sea ran high, and ih& 

 rnotion of the vessel did not fail to produce in usi 

 the usual symptoms of sickness ; we were there4 

 fore doubly rejoiced when we had passed the dan4 

 gerous entrance, and felt ourselves upon terra; 

 firma in the square of St. Mark. In order to> 

 make ourselves acquainted with the city, we rowed; 

 in one of the black gondolas in use here, through] 



