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EMPEROR OF THE BRAZILS. 



mark of distinction of any sort, with white 

 trowsers and shoes, an-d but for the gentlemen 

 in waiting never sitting down or coming for- 

 ward, it was impossible to distinguish one from 

 the other. The weather being very warm, he 

 used a plain white fan during the whole of the 

 opera, which, by the bye, is customary among 

 the gentlemen in South America. The Queen 

 is a very pretty little girl, with flaxen hair, and 

 remarkably fair. She was dressed quite like a 

 little old maid, very plain, wearing a prim close 

 cottage bonnet. The pretty Infanta was the 

 gayest of them all, being dressed just like an 

 English child of the same age, with petticoat- 

 trowsers and sash, her bright flaxen hair flow- 

 ing in long ringlets over her shoulders. The 

 Emperor is a handsome young man, about thirty 

 years of age, with very dark hair and large 

 whiskers. He is not very particular with respect 

 to etiquette, for he was talking promiscuously to 

 the ladies and gentlemen in the boxes on each 

 side of him, and they appeared to be very fami- 



