EMPEROR OF THE BRAZILS. 



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liar with him^ he is frequently to be seen driving 

 about the town in his tilbury or riding on horse- 

 back, in plain clothes^ with only one servant; 

 a vast contrast this to his mother^ the dowager 

 Queen of Portugal^ who never appeared in 

 public without the greatest parade^ and whoever 

 passed her carriage^ be they who they might, 

 were obliged to kneel down if it were ever so 

 dirty. 



The Emperor is a very active man, being up 

 every morning by five o'clock. At six he may 

 always be seen publicly bathing amongst the 

 towns people, at the small island of Cobres, on 

 which is a small fort opposite the palace stairs, 

 from whence he starts in his boat, undresses be- 

 fore every body, and jumps into the water, swim- 

 ming amongst hundreds of others that are con- 

 stantly there about that hour ; it being the public 

 bathing-place of Rio de Janeiro. 



The theatres in South America are widely 

 different from what ours are in England. A 

 female may enter them without having her ears 



