RIO AÎTD ITS ENVIBONS. 



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But the mortality is excessive, and but for the constant immigration from the 

 rural districts, and even from remote parts of Brazil, such as Ceara, Pernambuco, 

 and Buhia, as well as from Europe, Rio would gradually be depopulated. In this 



Fig-. 80. — K.10 DE Janeiro E^y. 

 Scale 1 : 320,000. 



43°i5- 



West oF Greenwich 



45'5- 



0to3 



Feet. 



3 to 16 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 64 

 Feet. 



64 to 160 

 Feet. 



160 Feet 

 and upwards. 



6 Miles. 



movement the Italians and the Portuguese form the majority of the labouring and 

 retail trading classes, while the liberal professions are chiefly represented by the 

 English, North Americans, French, Germans, and Swiss. 



The free circulation of the air is prevented by the screen of mountains inter- 



