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naturalists would commence their expedition into 

 the interior together ; but as hitherto only professor 

 Mikan and Mr. Ender were present, and resolved 

 to wait for the remaining naturalists, no arrange- 

 ment could yet be made for a joint expedition. 

 We, on the other hand, had received by Count 

 Von Wrbna, who, in the second month after our 

 arrival, had brought the news that the marriage of 

 the Princess Royal with his royal higlmess the 

 crown-prince, Don Pedro, had been celebrated by 

 proxy, orders not to prolong our journey beyond the 

 term of two years. Penetrated by the wish to 

 extend our travels tin ough so unknown yet remark- 

 able a country, as far as it should be possible in 

 this space of time, we took the resolution to com- 

 mence our journey into the interior this year, and 

 thought that the delay in the arrival of the other 

 naturalists should not induce us to spend our 

 valuable time in the capital, the environs of which 

 have been so frequently explored. Professor Mi- 

 kan, on the other hand, resolved to travel round 

 the Bay of Rio, in its whole extent, and to turn 

 towards the plains about Cabo Frio, and in the 

 district of Goytacazes. 



Ever since our arrival in this country we had 

 enjoyed the finest weather. But the rainy season 

 seemed gradually approaching ; the temperature 

 became variable; fogs, thick groups of clouds, and 

 sudden gusts of wind were more frequent; and on 

 the '^d of October the rain fell in torrents, and con- 



