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many pleasant walks, and now we are sitting in the midst 

 of valises and carpet-bags, waiting to see the steamer round 

 the wooded point in front of the house, before we turn the 

 key on our four weeks' home, and close this chapter of our 

 Amazonian life. In this country, where time seems to be 



Head of Alexandrina, 



of comparatively little importance, one is never sure wheth- 

 er the boat will leave or arrive on the appointed day. One 

 has only to make the necessary preparations, and then 

 practise the favorite Brazilian virtue, " paciencia." The 



