102 WANDERINGS IN 



SECOND w hen back they hie them. Villages and hamlets, 



JOURNEY. * 



where nothing before but rags was seen, now 



shine in all the elegance of dress; every house, 

 every room, every shed become eligible places for 

 * those whom nothing but extreme necessity could 

 have forced to live there a few weeks ago : some 

 join in the merry dance, others saunter up and 

 down the orange-groves; and towards evening 

 the roads become a moving scene of silk and 

 jewels. The gaming-tables have constant visitors ; 

 there, thousands are daily and nightly lost and 

 won; parties even sit down to try their luck 

 round the outside of the door as well as in the 

 room : 



" Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus aulae 

 Luctus et ultrices, posuere sedilia curae." 



Monteiro. About six or seven miles from Pernambuco 

 stands a pretty little village called Monteiro ; the 

 river runs close by it, and its rural beauties seem 

 to surpass all others in the neighbourhood ; there 

 the Captain-General of Pernambuco resides during 

 this time of merriment and joy. 



The traveller, who allots a portion of his time 

 to peep at his fellow-creatures in their relaxations, 

 and accustoms himself to read their several little 

 histories in their looks and gestures as he goes 

 musing on, may have full occupation for an hour 

 or two every day at this season amid the varie- 

 gated scenes around the pretty village of Monteiro. 



