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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



of some pretension was unique. Between each window was a large 

 panel in the wall, and these panels were decorated with paintings or 

 frescoes horribly executed, the figures of life-size and gaudily col- 

 ored. In one of the panels was the " Angelus." In the evening 

 we called on Captain Bradford. It was clear and hot. 



In the courtyard of our hotel there was a little armadillo wdiich 

 had been bought at the market here. Its body was about the size 



NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (tATUSIA NOVEMCINCTA) . 



of a rabbit's, but its head was longer and smaller, and its tail long 

 and thick at the base. Its scales did not overlap, nor were they 

 separate, but were like those on the under parts of an aUigator. Its 

 eyes were very small ( Tatusia novemcincta). 



