26^ TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



at the disagreeable circumstances attending the 

 climate, complain of the few resources, the poverty 

 and the plagues of the country, of which we have 

 latterly heard so much ? If the poor colonist who 

 has come from a northern climate does not meet 

 with a fellow-countryman as his guide, who, ac- 

 quainted with the mode of life and the cultivation 

 of the soil, kindly assists him in word and deed for 

 the first few years, he is exposed to perish of hun- 

 ger, even in this rich country, and from the feelings 

 of repentance and longing after home which ensue, 

 becomes a victim to his experiment. He, however, 

 who has happily passed over the first trials, who 

 has secured a settlement in the beautiful country 

 of Brazil, and accustomed himself to the tropical 

 climate, will most willingly acknowledge it for his 

 second home j nay, if he has again visited Europe, 

 he will, with increased attachment, wish himself 

 back again ; and, notwithstanding the doubts gene- 

 rally entertained of the habitableness of the torrid 

 zone, will celebrate Brazil as the fairest and most 

 glorious country on the surface of the globe. 



After several days' stay at Mandiocca, we re- 

 turned by the same road to the city, where we 

 found ourselves deceived in the hope of meeting 

 with the Portuguese squadron, which was to bring 

 over her imperial . highness the Princess Royal. 

 This delay had considerable influence on the plan 

 of our journey. It had probably been taken for 

 granted at Vienna, that the whole company of 



