Brazil: Its Condition and ProspectsAppleton, 1891 - 352 psl. |
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... thousand people at Rio , of French birth or de- scent , were accustomed to celebrate the great French re- publican anniversary of the fall of the Bastile , July 14th , by illuminations and a grand ball at the Casino . July 14 , 1889 ...
... thousand people at Rio , of French birth or de- scent , were accustomed to celebrate the great French re- publican anniversary of the fall of the Bastile , July 14th , by illuminations and a grand ball at the Casino . July 14 , 1889 ...
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... thousand people . At each of these the Emperor was present , and treated with every mark of re- spect and admiration . It was known , however , that disaffection existed in the military and naval forces stationed at the capital . The ...
... thousand people . At each of these the Emperor was present , and treated with every mark of re- spect and admiration . It was known , however , that disaffection existed in the military and naval forces stationed at the capital . The ...
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... thousand , of the aggregate official value of two hundred million dollars . No compensation to the slaveholders , however , has been provided for , though their claims for indemnity are occasionally advocated in the General Assembly ...
... thousand , of the aggregate official value of two hundred million dollars . No compensation to the slaveholders , however , has been provided for , though their claims for indemnity are occasionally advocated in the General Assembly ...
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... thousand miles ; consequently steamships that average twelve miles an hour , a reasonable speed , would make the voyage in seventeen days ; but , calling as they usually do at several intermediate ports , the time is extended five or ...
... thousand miles ; consequently steamships that average twelve miles an hour , a reasonable speed , would make the voyage in seventeen days ; but , calling as they usually do at several intermediate ports , the time is extended five or ...
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... thousand dollars per year . We had visited over a dozen vacant houses altogether , and in this way had obtained information about the inside of Brazilian houses that we otherwise would not have had . What I saw in this regard impressed ...
... thousand dollars per year . We had visited over a dozen vacant houses altogether , and in this way had obtained information about the inside of Brazilian houses that we otherwise would not have had . What I saw in this regard impressed ...
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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.