XVIU CONTENTS. 



BOOK II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Stay in Rio de Janeiro. - - Page 131 — 9,05. 



Description of the city. — Population. — Influence of 

 the residence of the court. — Library. — The press. — 

 Schools. — Foundation of a chirurgical school. — Great 

 want of a university. — Academy of arts. — The climate. 

 — The mode of living of the people. — Character of 

 diseases. — Hospitals. — The public promenade. — Slave 

 trade. — Commerce. — Imports and exports of the capital, 

 and the interior. — The bank. — Money. — View of the 

 duties of customs in Brazil, and of the exportation from Rio 

 de Janeiro. — Notes: — A royal passport. — ^^Duties of cus- 

 toms, &c. 



CHAPTER II. 



Excursions in the environs of Rio de Janeiro. 



Page 206—268. 



Natural history of the environs. — The aqueduct of 

 Caryoca. — Noble prospect from Mount Corcovado. — 

 Tijuca. — Lake Camoi'im. — The coffee plantation of Dr. 

 Lesesne. — Lagoa de Rodrigo Freitas. — Botanic garden. 

 — Tea plantation. — Gunpowder manufactory. — Islands 

 in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. — Porto de Estrella, on the 

 high road to Minas Geraes. — Stay at Mandiocca, the 

 country-seat of Mr. Von Langsdorf. — Visit to the Serra 



