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CONTENTS. 



BOOK 11. 



^ CHAPTER I. 

 Stay in Rio de Janeiro. - - Page 131 — 205. 



Description of the city. — Population. — Influence of 

 the residence of the court. — Library. — The press. — 

 Schools. — Foundation of a chirurgical school. — Great 

 want of a university. — Academy of arts. — - The climate. 



— The mode of living of the people. — Character of 

 diseases. — Hospitals. — The public promenade. — Slave 

 trade. — Commerce. — Imports and exports of the capital^ 

 and the interior. — The bank. — Money, — View of the 

 duties of customs in Brazil, and of the exportaition from Rio 

 de Janeiro. — Notes:— -A royal passport. — Duties of etisV 

 toms, &c. 



CHAPTER II. 



Excursions in the environs of Rio de Janeiro. 



Page 206—268. 



Natural history of the environs. — The aqueduct of 

 Caryoca. — - Noble prospect from Mount Corcovado. — 

 Tijuca. — Lake Camorim. — The coffee plantation of Dr. 

 Lesesne. — Lagoa de Rodrigo Freitas. — Botanic garden. 



— Tea plantation. — Gunpowder manufactory. — Islands 

 in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. — Porto de Estrella, on the 

 high road to Minas Geraes. — Stay at Mandiocca, the 

 country-seat of Mr. Von Langsdorf. — Visit to the Serra 



