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is at length become so universally odious, that perhaps twelve months will not pass before the Brazilians will make an effort to shake off the yoke, and follow the example of their neighbours on the other side of the Andes.
My pursuits have been retarded by a combination of unforeseen & most untoward difficulties, my brother also has an attack of the liver complaint, which obliges him to embark for England in a few days. I am myself thank Heaven, in very good health, and my only regret is in having no one to assist me to investigate such a vast & interesting field for discovery as that I am now just advancing on as yet I have not been enabled to extend my excursions more than 4 or 5 miles in the country, but even with this, and its being the dry Season (when nearly all vegetation is dried up) I have collected