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Rio de Janeiro

Novr. 1768

& a beatifull species of Clutia of which I saw great plenty in short the wildest Spotts here were varied with a greater quantity of Flowers as well as more beatifull ones than our best devisd gardens a sight infinitely pleasing to the Eye for a short time tho no doubt it would soon tire with the continuance of it

The birds of many species especialy the smaller ones sat in great abundance on the bough's many of them coverd with most Elegant plumage I shot Loxia Brasiliensis & saw several specimens of them Insects also were here in great abundance many species very fine but much more Nimble than our Europaeans especialy the Butterflies which almost all flew near the topps of the trees & were very difficult to come at except when the sea breeze blew fresh which kept them Low down

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