Brazil: Its Condition and ProspectsAppleton, 1891 - 352 psl. |
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... heads , working almost on the jump . Peddlers of coral hover about the ship in their boats ; also , youthful swimmers , who , to make a little money and divert the passengers , will dive and bring up any small silver coin that the ...
... heads , working almost on the jump . Peddlers of coral hover about the ship in their boats ; also , youthful swimmers , who , to make a little money and divert the passengers , will dive and bring up any small silver coin that the ...
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... head of " Greek toilet- ware . " The lower part of this bottle is bulbous in form , about eight inches in diameter , the neck four or five inches long , so as to be conveniently grasped by the hand , and one and a half inch in diameter ...
... head of " Greek toilet- ware . " The lower part of this bottle is bulbous in form , about eight inches in diameter , the neck four or five inches long , so as to be conveniently grasped by the hand , and one and a half inch in diameter ...
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... head . There goes a cooper's fifteen - year - old apprentice - lad bearing on his head six empty ten - gallon hard - wood kegs , bound in one package ! There comes a porter , carrying in the same way an empty dry - goods box as big as ...
... head . There goes a cooper's fifteen - year - old apprentice - lad bearing on his head six empty ten - gallon hard - wood kegs , bound in one package ! There comes a porter , carrying in the same way an empty dry - goods box as big as ...
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... heads . So , a porter will often be seen carrying in this way a wicker coop containing two or three dozen live chickens . But the heaviest burdens borne upon the head are pianos . It is quite common to see six negroes march- ing along ...
... heads . So , a porter will often be seen carrying in this way a wicker coop containing two or three dozen live chickens . But the heaviest burdens borne upon the head are pianos . It is quite common to see six negroes march- ing along ...
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... head , is a valuable organization which provides sev- eral small and one or two grand concerts every season . With my family I attended two of its grand concerts in the Casino Hall , situated opposite the Public Garden . The music was ...
... head , is a valuable organization which provides sev- eral small and one or two grand concerts every season . With my family I attended two of its grand concerts in the Casino Hall , situated opposite the Public Garden . The music was ...
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352 psl. - America," are all but unknown to the outside world; he spent months in the picturesque capital of Rio Janeiro; he visited the coffee districts, studied the slaves, descended the gold-mines, viewed the greatest rapids of the globe, entered the isolated Guianas, and so on.
xv psl. - ... the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in Section 3 of said Act, the Government of...
299 psl. - Some days afterward the young men belonging to the different sitios agreed to go in search of the serpent. They began in a systematic manner, forming two parties, each embarked in three or four canoes, and starting from points several miles apart, whence they gradually approximated, searching all the little inlets on both sides the river. The reptile was found at last sunning itself on a log at the mouth of a muddy rivulet, and dispatched with harpoons. I saw it the day after it was killed ; it was...
277 psl. - Mandos so diversified. . . . Then the element of human life and habitations is utterly wanting ; one often travels for a day without meeting even so much as a hut. But, if men are not to be seen, animals are certainly plenty ; as our steamer puffs along, great...
285 psl. - Let any one who doubts the evil of this mixture of races, and is inclined,, from a mistaken philanthropy, to break down all barriers between them, come to Brazil. He cannot deny the deterioration consequent upon an amalgamation of races, more widespread here than in any other country in the world, and which is rapidly effacing the best qualities of the white man, the negro, and the Indian, leaving a mongrel nondescript type, deficient in physical and mental energy.
279 psl. - The dresses," says Mrs. Agassiz, " were of every variety, from silks and satins to stuff-gowns, and the complexions of all tints, from the genuine negro through paler shades of Indian and negro to white. There is absolutely no distinction of color here ; a black lady (always supposing her to be free) is treated with as much consideration and meets with as much attention as a white one. It is, however, rare to see a person in society who can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes...
94 psl. - In their country, the physical causes arc so active, and do their work on a scale of such unrivalled magnitude, that it has hitherto been found impossible to escape from the effects of their united action. The progress of agriculture is stopped by impassable forests, and the harvests are destroyed by innumerable insects. The mountains are too high to scale, the rivers are too wide to bridge; every thing is contrived to keep back the human mind, and repress its rising ambition.
94 psl. - Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe, is covered with a vegetation of incredible profusion. Indeed, so rank and luxuriant is the growth, that Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power.
352 psl. - AROUND AND ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA: ** Twenty Months of Quest and Query. By FRANK VINCENT, author of "The Land of the White Elephant,
xv psl. - Lard and substitutes therefor. Bacon hams. Butter and cheese. Canned and preserved meats, fish, fruits, and vegetables. Manufactures of cotton, including cotton clothing. Manufactures of iron and steel, single or mixed, not included in the foregoing tree schedule.