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in livery, all carrying lighted wax candles. The body, on arriving at 

 the Imperial Chapel, was removed into it, and all who entered the 

 chapel were furnished with lighted tapers. Mass and the funeral 

 service were performed by the priest, and some delightful music by a 

 full choir The body was then taken into the Campo Santo, a kind of 

 amphitheatre, with high walls, a short distance from the church. 

 About a thousand vaults are built in the wall. One of them was 

 opened, the body interred, and the wall built up again. The centre of 

 this sepulchre is laid out in a flower-garden, and is about one hundred 

 feet in diameter. 



December 2d was the birthday of the Emperor, Don Pedro the 

 Second, who then was thirteen years old. It was celebrated with all 

 due pomp. Great preparations had been making for many days. He 

 was to pass into the city from St. Christoval, his usual residence, in 

 procession, and to hold a levee at the city palace. The streets were 

 strewn with orange and other leaves, a triumphal arch erected, &c. 

 But a description of his progress will give a better idea of it. 



Having left St. Christoval, he entered the city about noon, preceded 

 by a large troop of horse. He rode with his sisters, one sixteen, the 

 other fourteen years of age, in a splendid English carriage, with 

 bronze and gold mountings, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, 

 gaily caparisoned, with silver-mounted harness, the servants in rich 

 liveries. Three carriages, drawn by six horses each, followed, con- 

 taining officers of state and his household, the whole surrounded by 

 the Emperor's guards, and above five thousand military following. 

 Great crowds of people had assembled to witness this parade. As the 

 carriages passed under the balconies, garlands of flowers were thrown 

 upon them. They entered the principal street through a triumphal 

 arch, beautifully decorated with natural flowers, on which were placed 

 two little boys, dressed in blue and pink, with wings to represent 

 angels, each holding a basket of flowers, which they threw on the 

 young monarch as he passed. The houses in the streets through 

 which the procession moved, were hung with satin damask draperies 

 of the richest tints. These I understand are kept expressly for such 

 occasions. At short intervals national flags were suspended across 

 the streets. On the custom-house the flags of every nation were seen, 

 in the centre of which was the Brazilian, and next to it the " star- 

 spangled banner." The Emperor moved on, receiving the same 

 marks of affection from his subjects until he reached the great square 

 and palace, where he alighted. The troops forming around the square 

 soon came to order, and a general pause ensued, until the firing of the 



