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been . made, except a beautiful suite of diamonds 

 sent by Da Camara*, and some other mineralogical 

 curiosities of Brazil. In the building which con- 

 tains this collection, there is a most insignificant 

 beginning of a zoological cabinet, consisting of a 

 few stuffed birds, and some cases with handsome 

 butterflies. The Military Academy (Academia 

 Militar Real), founded in 1810, is intended for the 

 scientific education of those who desire to dedicate 

 themselves from their youth to the military pro- 

 fession j but though provided with good masters, 

 and especially favoured by the king, its sphere of 

 action is very limited, for it has hardly any scho- 

 lars ; but in the newly established Aula do Com- 

 mercio, the lectures on commerce, and also those 

 on chemistry, are numerously attended. 



Immediately after the arrival of the king, it was 

 intended to give a university to the new mo- 

 narchy. It was, however, yet undecided whether 

 the seat of it should be at Rio de Janeiro, or at 

 8. Paulo, which is situated in a more temperate 

 climate. Mr. J. Garcia Stockier, son of a German 

 consul of the Hanse Towns at Lisbon, a man of 

 considerable literary acquirements, and a worthy 

 member of the Lisbon academy, proposed a plan, 

 conceived partly in the spirit of the German high 

 schools, which, indeed, was much approved by the 



* Mr. Von Eschwege has described these diamonds in the 

 second part of his Journal of Brazilj p. 49. 



