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houses in Rio with artistic stucco ornament and bas reliefs 

 picked out with endless tints of blue, red, yellow, and 

 green. This embankment extends over half a mile, and 

 is bounded on the left by the Morro da Gloria, on the right 

 by the Morro da Viuva, beyond which latter is the entrance 

 to the Bay of Botafogo. It is these rounded " morros," or 

 hills, covered with houses and a church or two, which, rising 

 from the level ground and jutting out into the bay, form 

 one of the most picturesque features in the city of Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



The view was quite Turneresque. Overhead, a cloud- 

 less sky and warm sun, while over the bay hung a mist, 

 through which the town and hills of Nichteroy were just 

 visible, though in some parts more distinct than in others ; 

 and on our side of the bay, the summit of the Sugar-loaf 

 rose high above the mist that surrounded its base, and stood 

 out in grand relief against the blue sky. 



After breakfast we went into the town on business, and 

 in the afternoon, having had two boarding-houses recom- 

 mended to us, we took the tramcar to Botafogo and 

 inspected one of them, from thence walking to Larangeiras 

 to see the other. 



The house at Larangeiras appeared much more shut in 

 than that at Botafogo, so the next morning Mr. Large and 

 I, with another member of our staff, walked up to Botafogo, 

 and engaged rooms in the first house we had seen. We 

 then strolled back by the hospital (Misericordia), which is 

 a very imposing building, with a large circular white dome 

 that is quite a landmark. This hospital, with the schools 

 of health, anatomy, and various other buildings, form a 

 really fine group, worthy of the capital of Brazil. Walking 

 thence to the ferry, we went across the bay to Nichteroy. 

 This town appears to stand in somewhat the same relation- 



