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 under the sun, and ought to have stood plump in the midst of our own shadows, we were very glad of our warm gowns; so never think of pitying ‘the naked negro panting at the line;’ if he pants, it must be for some clothes. As to the tropical skies, they are, as old Rapid says, ‘a shame to be seen’—miserable drab-coloured creatures, with a dirty yellow look towards sunset; and as for thunder and lightning, I should be ashamed if I could not make a much better storm out of a sheet of tin and a tallow candle. I mention these circumstances merely from a love of truth, and not as a matter of complaint. I can imagine that travellers who have not seen the sunsets we have let off from the Temple Walk at Eden Farm, or the terrace at East Combe, may be satisﬁed with what they see in the tropics; but that is no reason why we, who know better, should put up with such an inferior article.

Rio, Monday, November 16.

There—we have discovered America! just like Columbus and Americus, and all those others. We hunted about for it all yesterday, and found it to-day, and so I suppose the country will promote us all. We might have come in