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EESIDENCE AT RIO DE JANEIRO. 



ceding traveller. The magistrates were enjoined to give us every as- 

 sistance in forwarding our collections to Rio ; to provide beasts of 

 burden, soldiers, and other persons, if necessary. Two scientific Ger- 

 mans, Messrs. Sellow and Freyreiss, well acquainted with the language 

 and customs of the country, joined me, for the purpose of our making 

 an exploratory tour along the east coast to Caravellas. We had pur- 

 chased sixteen mules, each of which carried two wooden chests, co- 

 vered with raw ox-hides, to preserve them from rain and damp : we 

 also engaged ten men to take care of the animals, and act as hunters. 

 All were armed, and thus we set out, provided with a sufficient stock 

 of ammunition, and all the requisites for collecting subjects of natural 

 history, part of which I had very unnecessarily brought with me from 

 Europe. 



