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valuable branch of commerce, is entirely neglected 

 throughout Brazil. * 



In the vicinity of this promenade, the provision- 

 markets afford an interesting sight to the newly 

 arrived Enropean. The new fish-market, situated 

 close to the sea-side, is particularly abundant in all 

 kinds offish, crabs, and sea tortoises of the most 

 singular forms. On the opposite side of this mar- 

 ket, his attention is attracted by the screams of the 

 parrots exposed for sale, the cries of other animals 

 peculiar to the country, and of birds brought from 

 other parts of the world, adorned with the gayest 

 plumage. In the green-market, besides the kinds 

 of cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, leeks, and onions 

 common in Europe, there are also vegetables of 

 Indian and African origin. For the pigeon peat, 

 and several kinds of water-melons, the ginger root, 

 &c., Brazil is indebted to the intercourse of the 

 Portuguese with the East Indies, as well as for the 

 excellent fruits of the jaca, the mango, and the 

 jambos. The various kinds of red, black, and 

 speckled beans t, on the contrary, and the almond- 



• See on this subject, Memoria sobre a Cochenilla do Bra- 

 sil, por J. de Amorim Castro, in Memorias Economicas da R. 

 Academia da Lisboa, vol. ii. p. 135. 



f Cytisus Cajan, L. or Cajanus flavus, Dec. called in Brazil 

 Andu. 



X Phaseolus derasus (Schrank Hort. Mon. t. 89.), and Do- 

 lichos Sinensis (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, t.2232.), which 

 plant, with small red round beans, is cultivated also by the 

 Caffres and Hottentots, are the two commonest species. 



