{"product_id":"2940150936553","title":"A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World","description":"Leaving Soc^go, we rode to another estate on the Rio Macfe, which\u003cbr\u003ewas the last patch of cultivated ground in that direction. The\u003cbr\u003eestate was two and a half miles long, and the owner had forgotten\u003cbr\u003ehow many broad. Only a very small piece had been cleared, yet\u003cbr\u003ealmost every acre was capable of yielding all the various rich\u003cbr\u003eproductions of a tropical land. Considering the enormous area of\u003cbr\u003eBrazil, the proportion of cultivated ground can scarcely be\u003cbr\u003econsidered as anything compared to that which is left in the state\u003cbr\u003eof nature: at some future age, how vast a population it will\u003cbr\u003esupport! During the second day's journey we found the road so shut\u003cbr\u003eup that it was necessary that a man should go ahead with a sword to\u003cbr\u003ecut away the creepers. The forest abounded with beautiful objects;\u003cbr\u003eamong which the tree ferns, though not large, were, from their\u003cbr\u003ebright green foliage, and the elegant curvature of their fronds,\u003cbr\u003emost worthy of admiration. In the evening it rained very heavily,\u003cbr\u003eand although the thermometer stood at 65 degrees, I felt very cold.\u003cbr\u003eAs soon as the rain ceased, it was curious to observe the\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary evaporation which commenced over the whole extent of\u003cbr\u003ethe forest. At the height of a hundred feet the hills were buried\u003cbr\u003ein a dense white vapour, which rose like columns of smoke from the\u003cbr\u003emost thickly-wooded parts, and especially from the valleys. I\u003cbr\u003eobserved this phenomenon on several occasions: I suppose it is\u003cbr\u003eowing to the large surface of foliage, previously heated by the\u003cbr\u003esun's rays.","brand":"rambo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112821440752,"sku":"2940150936553","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150936553_p0.jpg?v=1763755586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150936553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}