TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



BOOK IV. 

 CHAPTER I. 



STAY IN THE CITY OF VILLA RICA, 



V iLLA Rica, the capital of the province of Minas 

 Geraes, the residence of the governor-general and 

 of the ouvidor of the Comarca Oiro Preto, is built 

 on two hills of the eastern declivity of the moun- 

 tain of the same name, on the Oiro Preto, sub- 

 sequently called Do Carmo, which is the boundary 

 between the lofty Itacolumi and the Morro de 

 Villa Rica. The streets leading from that part 

 of the city situated in the valley Do Oiro Preto; 

 to that lying upon the hills, are all paved, pro- 

 vided with fourteen wells, and connected by four 

 stone bridges ; among which, the new one in the 

 valley, erected by Mr. Von Eschwege, is the 



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