CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



TOWN OF ST. PEDRO DO SUL, OR RIO GRANDE' AND ITS 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



Coast of Rio Grande. — Bar of St. Pedro. — Appearance of the Country. — Landing. — Town 

 of St. Pedro. — Church. — Fort. — Custom-House.— Ferry. — Governor. — Police. — Assas- 

 sination. — State of Medicine. - Military Affairs. — Commerce, — Occupations and Amuse- 

 ments. — Domestic Circumstances. — Dress. — Manners. — Ecclesiastical Philippic. — 

 Tolerance. — Singular Benevolence. — Intrude. — Visit to a Farmer ; his Character, 

 Family, Farm, and Comforts.— Strangers at St. Pedro; their Appearance, Dealings, 

 Manners, and Equipage. — Slaves and free Negroes. Page 170. 



CHAPTER VU. 



RIO GPANDE'.— JOURNEYS INTO THE INTERIOR.— GENERAL REMARKS 

 ON THE SOUTH OF BRAZIL.— SOME ACCOUNT OF ST. CATHARINE'S. 



Preparations for travelling. — Journey Westward. — Spanish Refugee. — Baiting. — Sports. — 

 Docilit)' of Horses. — Charqued Beef. — Wild Dogs. — Civility of the People. — Farms. — 

 Hospitality. — Journey to the South. — Old St. Pedro. — Lake Mirim. — Voyage to Can- 

 gazu. — The Island. — An Ox Chase. — Lagoa dos Patos. — Porto Alegro. — Indians. — 

 Journey Northward. — Indian Remains.— Face of the Country. — General Remarks on 

 the Southern Provinces. — Manners of Horses and Mules. — Laguna. — St. Catherine's. — 

 Sulphureous Springs. — Extraordinary Crystal. — Military Establishment. — Singular 

 Funereal Custom. Page 204. 



CHAPTER VHI. 



RIO DE JANEIRO. 



Improvement of the City. — Buildings. — Population — Court. — Conduct and Popularity of 

 the Regent. — Theatre. — Ecclesiastical Matters. — Their influence upon Manners. — Army^ 

 and Military Affairs. — Internal Condition of the Country. — Foreign Relations. — Mar- 



