TRyVVELS IN BRAZIL. 



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and profitable cultivation of the country by the 

 breeding of cattle. 



A very useful establishment, which likewise 

 originated with the settlement of the court at Rio, 

 is a regular post from S. Paulo to the capital, by 

 means of messengers on horseback or on foot, who 

 duly deliver within a fortnight, the sealed bags of 

 letters which are intrusted to them by the royal 

 post-office. Since a Portuguese corps has been 

 stationed in the more southern parts of Brazil, a 

 regular post has been established between S. Paulo 

 and Monte Video. 



