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the: chicken and duck SELLER 



They help him to cry his wares. You are sure of getting ycur fowl fresh. He is toiling 

 up the road by which the tram ascends to Santa Thereza Hill, and Sylvestre on the slopes 

 of Corcovado. 



Photographs by Harriet Chalmers Adams 



THE ONION-SELLER: RTO DE JANEIRO 



Like the Portuguese and ■ Spaniards, the Brazilians are verv fond of onions and men 

 earn a livelihood selling them on the streets of the city. Like all the other street sellers, the 

 onion man has his particular cry to attract attention — perhaps unnecessary, if to windward. 



