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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



nen, silk and half silk stuffs, velveteen, flannel, 

 mortars, iron hoopSj fishing hooks, penknives, cur- 

 rycombs, quicksilver, sublimate, cinnabar, vitriol, 

 sal ammoniac, brass, lead, copper, tin, antimony, 

 iron wire, arsenic, white and yellow wax, minium, 

 nails, isinglass, orpiment. The other parts of 

 Germany, which formerly carried on a very exten- 

 sive trade in Bohemian glass and linen, with Spain 

 and Portugal, have now tried the experiment of 

 sending consignments of these goods direct to 

 Brazil, but have especially carried on a very good 

 trade in Nuremberg toys, and in iron and brass 

 utensils, which are made in the shapes usual in 

 that country. Russia and Sweden import iron, 

 steel, copper utensils, sail-cloth, cords, ropes, and 

 tar. North America sends to Rio de Janeiro chiefly 

 corn, soap, spermaceti candles, biscuit, train oil, 

 tar, leather, boards, pitch, potashes, and rude fur- 

 niture. The trade with the coast of Africa fur- 

 nishes but few articles, which are all but secondary 

 to the slave trade. The number of slaves is very 

 considerable; in the year I8I7, 20,075 negroes are 

 said to have been imported into Rio under the 

 Portuguese flag, from the ports of Guinea and 

 Mozambique. The articles imported from Mo- 

 zambique, besides slaves, are gold dust, ivory, 

 pepper, Colombo root, ebony, coculus indicus, 

 sometimes also East India goods. From Angola 

 and Benguela, they receive wax, palm oil extracted 

 from the fruit of the Dente palm (^Elceis guineen- 



