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THE GOVERNOR. 



and was received by him with much affability ; 

 he said, that he wished he had more opportu- 

 nities of showing the regard which he enter- 

 tained for my countrymen, and that some of 

 them would come and settle in his captaincy. 

 He built, during his administration of the pro- 

 vince, the centre of the palace, and employed 

 Indian workmen, paying them half the usual 

 price of labour. He was in the habit of speak- 

 ing of the property of individuals residing 

 within the province as if it was his own, saying, 

 his ships, his cotton, &c. I happened to be at 

 Seara on the Queen of Portugal's birth-day ; 

 the company of regular troops, consisting of 

 one hundred and fourteen men, was reviewed ; 

 they looked respectable, and were in tolerable 

 order. In the chief apartment of the palace 

 stood a full-length picture of the Prince Regent 

 of Brazil, which was placed against the wall, 

 and was raised about three feet from the 

 ground. Three or four steps ascended from 

 the floor to the foot of the picture ; upon the 

 lowest of these the Governor stood in full uni- 

 form, and each person passed before him and 

 bowed, that thus the state of the Sovereign 

 Court might be kept up. I dined with the 

 Governor this day, at whose table were assem- 

 bled all the military and civil officers, and two 

 or three merchants ; he placed me at his right 

 hand, as a stranger, thus showing the estimation 



