. w^ e ti I. < S^^ TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 41 CHAPTER II. JOURNEY FROM THE CITY OF S. PAULO TO THEIRON-FOUNDRY OF YPANEMA. During the time of our stay at S. Paulo, therainy season had set in with great regularity. Itrained almost without interruption throughout thenight, and in the day-time the sky was obscuredafter mid day with thick clouds, which suddenlydescended in torrents of rain, after which theheavens again resumed for a short time their beau-tiful transparent azure; the air at this time wasseldom very sultry ; nay, we found in
. w^ e ti I. < S^^ TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 41 CHAPTER II. JOURNEY FROM THE CITY OF S. PAULO TO THEIRON-FOUNDRY OF YPANEMA. During the time of our stay at S. Paulo, therainy season had set in with great regularity. Itrained almost without interruption throughout thenight, and in the day-time the sky was obscuredafter mid day with thick clouds, which suddenlydescended in torrents of rain, after which theheavens again resumed for a short time their beau-tiful transparent azure; the air at this time wasseldom very sultry ; nay, we found in the nightsuch a rapid change in the temperature, that wewere obliged to provide ourselves with warmercovering. The present season was extremely un-favourable to our wish of becoming acquaintedwith the natural curiosities of the country, forwhenever we ventured to extend our excursionsbeyond the immediate neighbourhood of the city,we always returned home wet through. The ve-getable world began, it is true, to shoot forth withrenovated vigour, but the animals showed the
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