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Show 20 DISCOLOURED SEA. Mar. 1832. . er reat difficulty in imagining any however, there lS a. v ~ g f the millions of millions of one spot to be the blrtbp. a~e o hence come the germs at animalcula and confervre . b ~ w having been distributed by such points ?-the parent o l~S n But on no er the 1mmense ocea · the winds an: ':aves o; understand their linear grouping. other hypot esls can b k that green water abound- 1 may add that. Scor~s y r~m~r ~' . bly found in a certain ing with pelaglC ammals, lS mv ana part of the Arctic Sea. 21 CHAPTER II. Rio de Janeiro-Excursion north of Cape Frio-Great evaporationSlavery- Botofogo Bay-Terrestrial Planarire-Clouds on CorcovadoHeavy rain-Musical Hyla-Lampyris and its larvre-Elater, springing powers-Blue haze-Noise of butterfly-Entomology-Ants-Waspkilling spider- Parasitical spider-Artifices of Epeira-Gregarions spider-Spider with imperfect web. RIO DE JANEIRO. APRIL 4TH TO JuLY 5TH, 1832.- A few days after our arrival I became acquainted with an Englishman who was going to visit his estate situated, rather more than a hundred miles from the capital, to the northward of Cape Frio. As I was quite unused to travelling; I gladly accepted his kind offer of allowing me to accompany him. APRIL 8TH.-0ur party amounted to seven. The first stage was very interesting. The day was powerfully hot, and as we passed through the woods, every thing was motionless, excepting the large and brilliant butterflies, which lazily :Buttered about. The view seen when crossing the hills behind Praia Grande was most beautiful ; the colours were intense, and the prevailing tint a dark blue ; the sky and the calm .waters of the bay vied with each other in splendour. Mter passing through some cultivated country, we entered a forest, which in the grandeur of all its parts could not be exceeded. We arrived by midday at Ithacaia; this small village is situated on a plain, and round the central house are the huts of the negroes. These, from their regular form and position, reminded me of the drawings of the Hottentot habitations in Southern Africa. As the moon rose early, we determined to start the same evening for our sleeping-place at the Lagoa Marica. As it was growing |