TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



BOOK IV. 

 CHAPTER I. 



STAY IN THE CITY OF VILLA RICA. 



VILLA Rica, the capital of the province of Minas 

 Geraes, the residence of the governor-general and 

 of the ouvidor of the Comarca Oiro Preto, is built 

 on two hills of the eastern declivity of the moun- 

 tain of the same name, on the Oiro Preto, sub- 

 sequently called Do Carmo, which is the boundary 

 between the lofty Itacolumi and the Morro de 

 Villa Rica. The streets leading fi-om that part 

 of the city situated in the valley Do Oiro Preto, 

 to that lying upon the hills, are all paved, pro- 

 vided with fourteen wells, and connected by four 

 stone bridges ; among which, the new one in the 

 valley, erected by Mr. Von Eschwege, is the 



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