, 1865-12-18

Progress Of the AEnsslx Exped1tIou-
Interesting Tourist Notes.
[Corrt puudcnce Providence Journal
TAnATIS6ER. FRONTIER or PErC


Interesting Tourist Notes.
[CorTetpoudcnce Providence Journal
TArAz1s6ER, FRONTIER or PEnu, |
you will see by the date f' Il this FL letter M that
nm now far up the Amazon. wrote you
last from Nanasus Of my doings and adYen-
lures since leaving Para. We stayed at Ma
nasus only four days, during which time we
worked very hard arranging and packing the
worst kind Of work. The fish, Of which we
have an immense number, are ali to be packed.
the small ones In kegs and the largo ones In
hogsheads, and then they a7e to be- fllled with
alcohol. As both ke:s and hossheads are
very poor and nearly all 1eak, our work has
to be done oycr many times, which, with the
thermometer at 90 or 100, IL very hard In
deed.
This town Of Tabatinger is, I do believe,
this yilest hole that exists on this footstool.
The Professor had intended to keep on from
the glaciers, but he has decided to send Maj.
Cotenio, a Brazilian, who is with rs, and
young J--. So be and the rest of MS will
return down the river in day or two and
shall stop at Egn, which town is about two
thirds OF the way between here and atanasus,
where We shall remain for week, until the
re1n1n Of the Major md his companions. I
WAS ANXIOUS to 70 on this expedition, but the
Professor wished me 10 remain with him, 50 I
gracefully yielded. Eea Is very pleasant
place, and there I can have some 1rst.rnte
shoo,ng. sxslng ,rnaEs asom Eff Eg. % We return to
steamer placed at the Professors disposal By
the BRAZILIAN government, In w hfch We shall
proceed to explore the Rio Negro and then
the Iao Nadelra, which will occupy us until
December Then coming down the Amazon,
reach Para some time In January. Isball re-
main In Para month. The Professor and his
wife Will return down the coast to Rio Janet
70, Mhere he has promised to 70 to report to
the Emperor what he has done, and also to
bis time until May, when he will return
home. Haring finished mY work In Para,
propose going to the greaf faland OF Mario,
lying in the mouth OF the river, where there
is said to be very fine shooting, water fowl,
tigers, deer, DC.
Since I last wrote you from the frontier OF
Peru, Te hare re urncd to this place, having
the mountains. We tavo been at this place
nearly month, and during this time I have
g birds. &C., BE- ides having ring some s' very % good
shooting at . s.ccies Of Wild goose found
here, about the size Of black duck, and at
another large ,ck-the wild lnnseovy-as
large as our CO nmon Wild goose. I hare
made, believe, discovery of my own,
which Will surp .isc yon and all .sportsmcu.
The other day, "a came out Of the forest
behind the viii lge, which stands upon IN
open plain about a mile sqaarc, haying
on my back load OF monkeys, toucans, par
rots, and such like deer, saw flock Of birds
flying around which looked familiar, and get
ting shot into them knocked out five, aud
On picking them up found four OF them to
be Greenheads aud one Es4uimaux Carlew.
'ust flncy meeting such old friends in this re-
mote corner Of the world. The next day I
vent again TO the snrIle place and to nv still
greatcF astonishment Killed Grassp'oycr. q
Hudsonian Godirtt and some Pectolal Sand
plpers, Just such IS NC Kill at home. Of
course shall bring the skins home to prove
these facts. The Professor waS very much de-
lighted with this discovery. This Is lrst
rate place to collect birds, md have some
very cu1tous ones. ! can 20 out my mornin.
between daylight and sunrise and kill dozen
toucans ns large as hens, and any quantity Of
parrots and monkeys.
II you want to experience new sensation,
you should get among drove Of MONKEYS
when they aTe all screaming and yelling about
you, and tho woods arc so thick that you
can't see the muZzlc or your gun. thought
that he'll had broken loose the first time rot
among them with no one to tell nc whnt II
was all about,
MAsAsus. Oct. H.
We arrived here last night from the upper
part Of the river, where We have been for the
last elk weeks. We have had very rough
time Of It 1atc1y-much wet weather md hosts
Of inaects-hni Gatter myself that the worst
is over, as the lover part of the river is f1eer
from flies and mosquitoes than the upper
We have already obtained specimens Of more
than seren hundred heretofore e7stirtly nnknccn
fshes. We arc now going to spend some SIX
weeas In exploring the Rio Negro.