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northern slope of the serra da Boa Vista, as the coast range is here called, was 

 aho orio-inall}^ an agricultural settlement founded in 1819, by 1,700 peasants 

 from the Swiss canton of Friburg. But within a single decade more than a third 

 of these colonists had disappeared, and since the middle of the century this place 

 has been a thoroughly Brazilian town, containing but few of the first Friburg 

 families. From the district Hio draws vegetables, poultry, and other supplies 

 forwarded by the railway to Nictheroy, Although now chosen as the seat of the 

 State leo-islature, Therezopolis is a less important place than either Petropolis or 

 Nova Friburgo. It is still (1894) unconnected by rail with the bay. 



Beyond the neutral municipality follow several well- sheltered little havens 

 alono- the west coast. Such are Mangaratiba, ruined by the abolition of slavery ; 

 Angm dos Rels, dating from 1532, now the quarantine station of Rio, and Paraty, 

 farther west, noted for a rum of prime quality. 



