Excerpt from Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, Vol. 1: With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines; Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sao Francisco, From Sabara to the SeaI have returned home, on six months' leave Of absence, after three years in Brazil. One of the many commissions I am to. Execute for Captain Burton, is to see the following pages through the press.It has been my privilege, during those three years, to have been his almost constant companion and I consider that to travel, write, read, and study under such a master, is no small boon to any one desirous Of seeing and learning.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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