CHAPTER III. 



RIO DE JANEIRO. 



A. D. 1808. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. 



CATHEDRAL. CHUKCHES.— BAPTISMAL AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES. CHAPEL ROYAL. 



OTHER CHAPELS. STREET WORSHIP. HOSPICIO. CONVENTS. NUNNERIES. — 



RECOLHIMENTOS. MISERICORDIA. COLLEGES. BISHOp's PALACE. CUSTOM- 

 HOUSE. PUBLIC WHARFS AND WAREHOUSES. FOUNTAINS. AQUEDUCT. 



MILITARY AFFAIRS. TROOPS OF THE LINE. BARRACKS. MILITIA. NECES- 

 SARIES OF WAR. FORTS. MILITARY HOSPITAL. NAVY. TREASURY. PUBLIC 



GARDENS. THEATRE. CALABOU9A. PRISONS. 



THE public buildings of the great cities of Europe have, in many 

 instances, given to those of Rio de Janeiro a name and destination ; 

 they have communicated to them little beside ; little of their splendour ; 

 if possible, less of their convenience. With the public institutions the 

 case is much the same ; they are, in general, wretchedly defective copies 

 of the originals, which they pretend to imitate. Even after such hints 

 as these, the detail which follows will probably come short of the reader's 

 expectation. 



The Cathedral, in point of rank the first religious edifice in Rio, is 

 situated on a lofty and pleasant hill. South of the town. It occupies a 

 spot celebrated in the history of Brazil, and is very properly dedicated 

 to St. Sebastian. The church, which seems to have been erected at two 

 different periods, is a low, plain, substantial building, of an oblong 

 form, Avith two small turrets, but without windows. The entrance is 

 from the East, and fronts the altar. Within, the walls are white washed, 

 unornameiited, and dirty. The altar, also, is as plain as the church ; 



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