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in a swamp. His situation was now alarming to- the iiigliest 

 degree, cut off from all means of subsistence and succour, 

 heated by the fatigue of the ramble, drenched with the 

 waters he had to wade through in the woods, he sunk to the 

 ground. The gloom now came on, and he built himself a 

 hut of palm-leaves ; the musquitos teazed him so cruelly that 

 repose was impossible : added to which he was kept awake by 

 the dread of visits from the savages and the wild beasts, the 

 more so as he was not provided with the means of making a 

 fire to scare them away ; he had therefore resolved to wait 

 with patience the returning day, although he had but mourn- 

 ful expectations to encourage him in the hope that he, should 

 then be able by some fortunate circumstance better to succeed, 

 and being also but indifferently provided with powder and 

 shot, he no longer had the means of protecting his life. In 

 this terrifying situation he at length heard with inexpressible 

 joy our signals at Fonte de Gentlo. Revived by new hopes lie 

 now sprang up, and fired two shots in answer, which by the 

 stillness of the night, as we before obsei ved, we fortunately 

 heard. 



THE Editor of the London Journal of Voyages cmU Travels hastens to lay 

 before his readers a timmlation of eight of the eighteen Chapters of V)hich the 

 Travels of Prince Maximilian are to consist, together with accurate copies of 

 the plates connected with those chapters. 



Seven of the chapters have not yet appea'red in the original Gennan, but were 

 expected in a few weeks when our copy was lately transmitted from Hamburgh, 

 the Public may therefore calculate on the completion of the work in the month 

 efter next, when a collection of Engravings will be given similar to those which 

 accompany the present yiumber. 



The Map w/uch his Highness has given with his first volume being confessedly 

 copied from Mr. Ari-owsmith' s Map of South America affording no novelty to the 

 English Public has not been copied. 



LIST OF PLATES. 



CHAP, 



1. Captain Lourenzo and his Party of Mineros making a path or road 

 through the woods, whose luxuriance and impenetrable character^ cannot 

 fail to astonish every European ix 



2. APuris Indian Family in their Hut. The simplicity of which accords with 

 the genial character of the climate, but equally surprising to the inhabitants of 

 Europe . . . . i . . .-» - v 



3. A Party of the same persecuted and unfortunate Nation on their March 

 through a path in their impenetrable primitive Woods v 



4. Brazilian Country House at Paraiba, representing also the arboraceous 

 and picturesque character of the Country ix 



5. Temporary Huts erected at Morra d'Arara viii 



6. Hunters robbing the Nest of a Turtle of her Eggs yi 



7. Soldiers at Linhares in their coats of mail yi 



8. Brazilliau Hunters with their Game_ yi 



I 9. A Family of Botocudos Indians , . .. , if 



