Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-01
rnr nlssLrR EXPEDITION.



tRt, Ja.,iro oorrsspopdsnce New York Tribunsl /
We arc Vt length through our dotentious at
Rio. Tho coal has como aboard this afternoon,
or part OF H. and tomorrow We SAIL for Mon
Experimental trips with the little steam launch |
ArassiE, and nnd them satisfactory she NEE
round the harbor like wAter-beotlc, and VIVID |
a cumbrous raft In TOW che moves Ike sWen:
The Professor has made good deal Of use o.
our delontlon horo, gathering many vaiuaole
spsolmens hero. and with his assistants, ospe- |
claiiy Dr. Htelndachner, making very numer- |
Gus anatomical preparations OF freah upoci- |
mens. An accident exceedingly yexatoup
deprived him OF some Of them He was o.
tho residence Of a friend In the country, and
bad spent day very suceessiul In making
iernal parts. Those prepared fish were I'm |
mcrsod In alcohol and committed for safe
keeping 10 a black servant old and trusted,
who was 10 regard them sacredly. Tho uoxt
day when the Professor asked for them, the
grinnlng negro showed tho pan In which they
hol, scaled and cleaned the 1sh, and were
frying them for tho Professors breakfast.
Imagine tho Professors grief; imagine the
ysxatlon OF the friend, whose faithful servant
had done the lrreparablo injury AZ for the
negro himself, he, Of course, thought ne had
intended use. What arc Ssh good for but to
eat2
The photographers OF the scientific party
have made few photographs Of living echini,
and their success encourages them 10 hope
they will finally triumph over the great dim
culiies Of photographlng living animate In
the hot, damp, atmosphere OF tropical har-
bors, on q moving ship. Photographers can
best appreciate this accumulation of DIM
cultles. Tho scientific gentlemen have al
lowed themselves, Of course, some relaNa-
ton, and they and the two ladies OF our com
lNNfa aWguFalOUQ In
interesting points 10 the neighborhood. For
my own part have been with two or three
of these little parties, and enjoyed them
highly. Tljuca and Corcovado are very near
the city. Everybody, OF course, visits them.
II your Bergen Hills were 200 ieet In helgh.
easily imagine that their attractions would
exceed those Of the Central Park. These Rio
Mountains are, In fact, sort OF park Tor the
city. II takes but two hours by horso-car
and diligence 70 reach tho heart OF Tltucei
md the little group OF mountains, Of which
the highest Is &, 500 feet high, is laid out by
the government with a system Of admirable
roads and drlvea. Il IL hard 10 imagine bet
ter roads Tho scenery In the Tljuca Itself Is
fine; while the Views Of Oorcoyado and the
Gavio, and Of the more distant Sierra do Mar,
The Sierra do Mar (AnglIce, coast range, }
passes along nearly east and west at about
thirty miles north Of Rio. By the Don Pedro
III railway, We cross II about nifty miles
northwest Of the city, whore there arc lower
passes, Il required bold engineering and
one pretty long tunnel TO get over and
through 2,237 meters, about a mile and a
quarter and at an elevation OF $40 meters-
f,l63 feet above the sea. Al the SEVENTEEN
mile we reach the River Parahyba, flowing
easterly on the other side Of the range. II
reminded me Of the Susquehanna In many
particulars as We ran down along Its banks
10 EnlRa HlAa IQl pntlRa hv rail lrOIn Rio
and scarce 90 In al air line. Eutrc Rios Is
the present terminus OF the railway, but sur.
veys are made aud the work Is begun Of con
tlnulng the road down the Parahyba. These
roads are Of slxty-three inches gauge, but
there Is branch fifteen miles long, bringing
42-lnch gauge Is adopted with great success
At Entire Rios we took stages for Juiz d,
Fora, and reached an excellent new hote
there at p, m, twelve hours from Rio. Thu
next day we found great pleasure In wander
Iug through the garden Of Senior Mariant
Lare, who, having done so much 10 lmproy,
his native country by making better road
and introducing better modes Of culture, q
TO deserve eternal gratitude as q benefActo
of Brazil, has taken eighty acres In hand y
please bis taste, aud give pleasure TO ever!
visitor BY laying y out = tropical garden
cade half q mile Distant aud plays up u
fountains on the hill 10 the centre OF III
grounds, near the house Thence Il goes b
Irrlgate places on which water-loving tree
and shrubs arc planted. and afterward ;
supply large ponds for ducks, geese, swan
and aquatic plants. In one corner Is sol
Of geological garden, where many animal
and blrds Of rarity or beauty are kept.
We amused ourselves greatly with m OF
key nursing her baby, and had heart
laugh over The odd gTlmAces and antics o
two brazilian monkeys, TO each OF whom "
gave half OF 4 cigar. AZ soon as they smelle
the tobacco they seemed intoxicated with d
light; cat with yalerian or catnip Is sobs
and stald compared with such q MONKEY
He cannot take the tobacco tsrn his nos
ses ~ esssos sf,-sO ofthsr hand 70 noe
his nose, for he apparently Wishes 10, u
both hands and both feet, and the end OF h
tall besldes, In rubbing all parts Of his bod
at once, but particularly the smAll OF b
back and tho crown OF his head. 30, In th
frantic attempt, ne changes the tobacco fro
baud 70 hand, instantly setting the hand TIL
released 10 rubbing ono Of the two faVorl
parts, and all the while casting tho most cui
Gus lnqulsitlye glances toward the 9th
monkey, TO see II he Is having as much Il
as himself.