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long association of the two races without any great racial 

 prejudice. 



The chorus, too, was worthy of notice. To our eyes 

 it was all wrong, but the Brazilians were enthusiastic 

 about the girls; so we saw that the standard by which 

 they were chosen was the South American one, by which 

 the essential qualification is a full deep bosom, rather than 

 the willowy figure desired in the States. At midnight 

 we returned to the boat, and counting up to settle our 

 scores found we had each spent 15,000 reis. It looked 

 pretty steep, but was settled for $5 of our money. Price 

 cards of all sorts struck one as high, beefsteak 1,500 reis, 

 collars 800 reis, car- fare 200 reis and so on ; but it takes 30 

 reis to make one cent of our money, so after all things 

 figure out only a little higher than at home. 



Next day the President departed, amidst the firing of 

 many cannon, and then the stevedores came aboard and 

 unloaded our cargo of lumber, oil, hardware, clocks, etc. 



A couple of days brought us to Rio Janeiro, said to have 

 the most beautiful harbor in the world. It did not dis- 

 appoint us as we entered through the narrow gate, close 

 under the 1,000-foot high sentinel or Sugarloaf Mountain, 

 and saw opening out the great bay over twenty miles 

 wide and inclosed in a ring of mountains running up to 

 3,000 feet in height, cut in the most varied forms and 

 covered with the prevailing olive green of this section. 



The city has the same gay colors as Bahia, the same 

 crowded appearance, the same narrow medieval streets, 

 and the same strong contrast between old and new. For 

 instance, through the center of the city has been cut, 

 regardless of cost, a broad Avenida Central, lined with 

 fine European business blocks and hotels, and alive with 

 automobiles. One side of the harbor is bounded by superb 

 English-made concrete wharves, with the most modern 

 cranes and machinery. From the wharf district, a fine 

 boulevard, with a promenade next the water, a wide drive, 



