531 



which the Andes send towards the east, it was 

 heretofore concluded that the system of the 

 mountains of Brazil was linked with that of 

 the Andes of Upper Peru. I partook myself of 

 this error in my first geognostic labours. 



A coast chain (Serra do Mar) extends nearly 

 parallel with the coast, north-east of Rio Ja- 

 neiro, lowering considerably towards Rio Doce, 

 and losing itself almost entirely near Bahia 

 (lat. 12° 58'). According to Mr. Eschwege* 

 some small ridges reach Cape Saint Roque 

 (lat. 5° 12'). South-east of Rio Janeiro, the 

 Serra do Mar follows the coast behind the Isle 

 Saint Catherine as far as Torres (lat. 29° 20') ; 

 it there turns towards the west and forms an 

 elbow stretching by the Campos of Vacaria, 

 towards the banks of the Jacuy -f. 



Another chain lies west of the shore chairi of 

 Brazil, the most lofty and considerable of all, 

 thatof Villarica J, which Mr. Eschwege marks by 



* Geognostickes Gemdlde von Brasilien, 1822, p. 5. The 

 limestone of Bahia abounds in lignites. Id. p. 9. 



t Manuscript notes of M. Auguste de Saint Hilaire. I owe 

 to that great naturalist, whose extended views comprehend- 

 ed all that interests physical geography, some important rec- 

 tifications of my sketch on the Brazilian system of moun- 

 tains. 



♦ Height of the town above the level of the sea, 630 

 toises. This height proves that Villarica is placed in the 

 chain itself (Sarro do EspinhacoJ, for the table-land of 2*N 



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