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the road described in the foregoing narrative. Thence they ciossed 

 the Serra do Mantiqueira to Barbacena, and kept on from that 

 place through Lagoa Dourada and Prados across the Rio Caran- 

 dahy to the divide separating the head-waters of the Rio Grande 

 on the south from those of the Rio Paraopeba on the north. They 

 crossed the Paraopeba just above the water gap of the Serras of 

 Piedade and Itatiaiassu, traversing the former Serra into the moun- 

 tain valley in which the village of Morro Velho is situated. They 

 thus found themselves successively in the basins of the Rio Para- 

 hyba, the Rio La Plata, and the Rio San Francisco; all these 

 great streams being fed by rivulets which arise in this vicinity. 

 On leaving the mountainous districts they continued their route 

 through alternate carapos and wooded tracts to Gequitiba, passing 

 through Sabura, Santa Luzia, Lagoa Sancta, and Sette Lagoas. 



At Lagoa Sancta, as had been previously agreed, Mr. Sceva left 

 the party, with the purpose of exploring the caves of that region 

 in search of fossil bones, and making skeletons of mammalia. He 

 remained for some time in this neighborhood, and brought away a 

 number of specimens, though he did not succeed in finding many 

 fossils, the caves having been already despoiled of their fossil re- 

 mains by Dr. Lund, whose indefatigable researches in this direc- 

 tion are so well known. Mr. Sceva, however, made very valuable 

 collections of other kinds, and I am indebted to him for numerous 

 carefully prepared specimens of Brazilian mammalia, which now 

 await mounting in the Museum. On leaving Lagoa Sancta, Mr. 

 Sceva returned to Rio de Janeiro, taking his collections with him. 

 He passed some days there, in order to repack and put in safety 

 his own specimens as well as those which had been sent back to 

 Rio by other members of the party. He then proceeded to Canta- 

 Gallo, and passed the remainder of the time in collecting and pre- 

 paring specimens from that part of the country, until he joined 

 me subsequently at Rio just before we returned to the United 

 States. His contributions to our stores were exceedingly valuable, 

 both on account of the localities from which they came and from 

 the care with which they were put up. 



