XXII. 
TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OE BRAZIL; principally 
through the Northern Provinces and the Gold and Diamond 
Districts, during the years 1836-41. By George Gardner, 
E.L.S., Superintendent of the Royal Gardens of Ceylon. 
“ This volume is from the pen of an able naturalist, whose heart is in his occu- 
pation. Mr. Gardner was educated for the professions of medicine and surgery ; 
and to his knowledge in these respects he was indebted during his travels for 
many advantages, — perhaps even for their successful result. Unlike most other 
travellers, he was not satisfied with the mere exploration of the coasts of the 
vast Brazilian empire ; hut plunged into the interior as far to the west as the 
tributaries of the Amazon, £ and from near the equator to the 23rd degree of 
south latitude. 5 A range so wide required three years to be traversed, — inde- 
dependently of the time passed in researches on the coast. The author’s peculiar 
object was Natural History, — under its forms of geology, the animal kingdom, and 
botany ; but, fortunately, he has not confined himself to the physical department. 
What he terms ‘ cursory remarks on the character, habits, and condition of the 
different races, whether indigenous or otherwise, 5 will be read with interest. 
Some of the regions which he visited have seldom been trodden by Europeans — 
never by Englishmen ; so that his observations derive value from the novelty of 
the matters to which they relate. But the most interesting parts of the volume 
before us relate to man. How this vast empire subsists from day to day is a 
marvel. 55 — Athenaeum. 
“ From the time of the anomalous law of the Jesuits to the present, the 
district between the Rio de la Plata and the Amazons has been traversed by 
travellers of no secondary qualifications, yet the author of the above work has 
found it almost new ground. Mr Gardner’s volume, bearing the inimitable 
impress of candour and good faith, as of the competency of the author for 
the task he undertook, is not more valuable to the man of science than interesting 
to the general reader. 55 — Ecclesiastical Review. 
“The narrative of his varied adventures forms not only to the enthusiastic 
botanist, but to the general reader, an exceedingly entertaining and also in- 
structive book, from the new view which it gives of the society of Brazil — particu- 
larly in its less known provinces. * * Those who select entertaining 
reading for young persons, — which, at the same time, gives, or insinuates, 
useful information, — will find much admirable material in this volume. Nowhere 
are more diverting tame monkeys, or such enormous boa-constrictors to be heard 
of. * * One of the most attractive sections of the volume is an 
account of, and expedition to, the Diamond District, and the manner of working 
the mines and diamond washing.” — Tails Edinburgh Magazine. 
“ When camping out on the mountain-top or in the wilderness ; roughing it in 
his long journeys through the interior ; observing the very singular mode of life 
there presented to his notice ; describing the curious characters that fell under his 
observation, or giving an account of more tangible things, as the nature of the 
diseases, the arts or substitutes for arts of the people, and the natural pro- 
ductions of the country — these Travels in the Interior of Brazil are full of 
attraction. The book, like the country it describes, is full of new matter.” — 
Spectator. 
*** In one thick volume octavo, with a Map of the Author’s 
Route, and View of the Organ Mountains. Price 18s. cloth. 
