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plate,) combined with the tradition that it is actually the remains of Fribourg 

 House, does not leave much room to doubt the fact. The convent fronting it 

 has a great many cocoa-nut trees, which no doubt are the fruits of those he so 

 copiously planted upon the island. A Prince who did so much for Pernambuco, 

 in so short a time, and who here built the first two bridges that were known in 

 the Brazil, is not undeserving of some monument in this place to his memory. 

 There is a theatre in St. Antonio ; but the performances are exceedingly in- 

 different, and the house, which is small, but thinly attended, no spirit existing 

 for the encouragement of such an establishment. 



