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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



All was ready for sailing ; only our colleague, 

 Professor Mikan, who had gone too far from 

 Algesiras, on a botanical excursion, had not yet 

 returned ; we therefore began to be uneasy on his 

 account, when just as the anchor was weighed, and 

 the sails spread, he fortunately came on boards 



