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A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL. 



CHAPTER III. 



LIFE IN RIO CONTINUED. — FAZENDA LIFE. 



BoTAFOGO. — Insane Hospital,. — Tijuca. — Ereatic Drift. — Vegetation. 



— Birthday Dinner. — Arrangements for Parties to the Interior. — 

 Public Lectures in Rio — Procession of St. George. — Leave Rio on 

 Excursion to the Fortaleza de Santa Anna. — Localities for Erratic 

 Drift between Rio and Petropolis. — Departure from Juiz de Fora. — 

 Arrival at the Fazenda. — Kldb in the Poorest. — Eve of San Joa5. 



— CupiM Nests. — Ex^-ursion to the Upper Fazenda — Grand Hunt. — - 

 Picnic. — Coffee Plantation. — Return to Rio. — Mimic Snow-Fields. 



— Coffee Insect spinning its Nest. — Visit to the Fazenda op Com- 

 mendador Breves. — Botanizing Excursion to Tijuca. — Preparations 

 for leaving Rio. — Major Coutinho. — Collegio Dom Pbdbo Segundo. 



May 22d. — This afternoon Dr. and Mrs. C and 



myself went out for a country ramble, somewhat at a 

 venture, it is true, but feeling sure that in the beautiful 

 scenery about Rio we could hardly go amiss. We took 

 one of the many ferry-boats in the neighborhood of our 

 hotel, and presently found ourselves on the way to Botafogo. 

 Almost all the environs of the city are built along beaches ; 

 there is the beach or Praia of Botafogo, the Praia of San 

 Christovao, the Praia of San Domingo, and half a dozen 

 others, all of which mean some suburb of the town situated 

 on the shore with a beach in front of it. As it is rather the 

 fashion for the better class of people to live out of town, the 

 houses and gardens in these suburbs are often delightful. 

 We enjoyed the sail exceedingly. For a part of the way 

 the boat keeps close under the mountains, and no descrip- 

 tion can give an idea of their picturesque outlines, or of 

 the wonderful coloring which softens all their asperities 

 and mellows the whole landscape. We landed at a jetty 



