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received from them the most obliging assurances of friendship and 

 the kindest wislies for my welfare. I also, much to my regret, took 

 leave of my valued friend and fellow-traveller Mr. Goodall, whose 

 affairs required him to go to St. Joao del Rey, and thence return to 

 Rio de Janeiro. Never was a traveller more fortunate in a companion; 

 ahvays cheerful and in spirits, he had the happy faculty of re-, 

 garding every thing on its bright side, and in all the various incon- 

 veniences of bad roads, wretched inns, miserable fare, and worse 

 accommodations, he exemplified the truth of the adage that " a 

 merry heart hath a continual feast." Being perfectly master of the 

 language, 'and well acquainted with the character and manners of 

 the people, he made himself at home every where, and generally 

 contrived to draw from the conversation of those around him some 

 topic either for lively remark or instructive comment. These amia- 

 ble qualities, the offspring of a cultivated understanding and an 

 excellent heart, gave him a double claim to that respect and con* 

 fidence which we ever entertain for those whom we distinguish by 

 the name of friend. 



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