CHAPTER III. 



CONTENTS. 



CITY OF SAN SEBASTIAN-ITS IMPROVEMENT— ITS PRESENT CONDITION— CHURCHES— 

 THE MISERICORDIA — FUNERALS-EMPEROR'S BIRTHD A. Y— AQUEDUCTS— GEOLOGICAL 

 CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY — PUBLIC GARDEN — MUSEUM— BAY AND HARBOUR — 

 VEGETATION — BOTANIC GARDEN — SLAVE POPULATION — COFFEE-CARRIERS — RE- 

 SEARCHES INTO THE NATIONS OF AFRICA-TREATMENT OF SLAVES-STREETS OF 

 THE CITY— SOCIETY— WHITE- JACKET BALL— ARRIVAL OF THE RELIEF— ASCENT OF 

 THE SUGAR LOAF — SURVEYS— DEFECTS IN THE EQUIPMENT OF THE SQUADRON- 

 TRIP TO THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS — JAUNT TO PIEDADE — CONCLUSION OF THE 

 SURVEYS AND OBSERVATIONS— ASCENT OF THE CORCOVADO. 



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