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viii Variety of Birds-Querables-Anecdote of Sheep Coral and Querables-Horn-winged Birds-Teru-Widow and Scissor Birds-Hawks-Everything Destructive-Fishes-Lobo- Snakes Bite of and Cure-Spider-Its Bite-Religious View of the People-Ignorance Under Popery-Opportunity for Converting Them-No Hindrances-False Principles of Romanism-Inquiry Awakened-Expectations Excited- Contrast with Romanism on West Coast-Degraded Moral State of Brazil ... ... 124

Unusual Stormy Season of 1868-Effect of Earthquakes at a Distance-Usual Course of the Weather-Soil-Secos-Thunder-Rain-Exceptional Year-Soft Pampero Winds-Storm Anecdote-Riding before a Temporal-Its Violence-Flood-Consequences-Difficulty of Foreseeing One-Caught in One-Increasing Violence-Night-Thunder Storms-Reason Assigned-Extraordinary Lightning-Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes Considered-Mistaken Opinion-Reasons Suggested-Effects of Continually Riding-Anecdote-Thoughts of Home-The Change to It-Recommendations to Travellers-A Return Voyage, and Process of Disenchantment ... ... 139