CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Voyage from England to Rio de Janeiro 1 



CHAP. II. 



From the first discovery down to the arrival of the Royal Family there, and its present 

 division into provinses — The general character of the Indians 12 



CHAP. III. 



PROVINCE OF RIO DE JANEIRO. 



Its colonization — contests with the French and Tamoyo Indians — expulsion of the 

 French— foundation of St. Sebastian — boundaries — division into comarcas — moun- 

 tains — principal rivers — lakes — bays — capes — islands — mineralogy — zoology — phy- 

 tology — cities and towns — boundaries, towns, and productions of the comarcas of 

 Ilha Grande and Parahiba Nova — boundaries of the comarca of Rio de Janeiro — 

 the metropolis — situation — English burial-ground — streets — royal mode of riding — 

 compulsory homage upon the occasion — churches — convents — Gloria Hill — female 

 convents — visit to one— fountains — visit to the aqueduct — squares — palace— public 

 buildings— public garden — library— manufactories — theatre — roads leading from the 

 city — palace of St. Christovao— troops of miners and others from the interior — Gaza 

 de Don Pedro — royal mill, shacara, and stables— fire-works — Beija Mao—fidalgos and 

 higher orders of society — splendour of churches — royal chapel — religious festivals and 

 observances— funeral processions—catacombs— the host — state of society— markets. ... 31 



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