

GOVERNOR OF RTO GRANDE. 



Ill 



principal persons of the place would take it in 

 turn weekly to carry a bag round to all the in- 

 habitants, that each might give some trifle to 

 assist in their support : for some time this went 

 on well, but after a few weeks it was neglected. 

 He, therefore, took the bag himself, and, ac- 

 companied by one of his aides-de-camp, called 

 at every house. He said that this was the 

 most comfortable week the prisoners had ever 

 passed since their confinement, as more was 

 given by each person than was usual, and the 

 excellent arrangement was again taken up with 

 ardour, by the same persons who had neglect- 

 ed it. 



A British vessel was wrecked near Natal, and 

 I have always understood that the proprietors 

 were perfectly satisfied that every exertion 

 possible had been made use of to save the 

 property. 



The drought of this year had caused a scarcity 

 of the flour ofthemandioc — the bread of Brazil, 

 and the price was so high at Recife, Goiana, &c. 

 that those persons of Rio Grande who possessed 

 it, began to ship it oft" for other places; this the 

 Governor prohibited ; he ordered it to be sold 

 in the market-place, at a price equal to the gain 

 the owners would have had by sending it away, 

 and if all was not bought, he took it himself, 

 agaui giving it out when necessary at the ->ame 



