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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER HI. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. 



Cathedral. — Churches. — Baptismal and Funeral Ceremonies. — Chapel Royal. — Other 



Chapels. — Street Worship. — Hospicio. — Convents. — Nunneries. — Recolhimentos. 



Misericordia.— Colleges. — Bishop's Palace. — Custom-House.— Public Wharfs and Ware- 

 houses. — Fountains. — Aqueduct— Military Affairs. — Troops of the Line. — Barracks. 



Mihtia. — Necessaries of War. — Forts.— Military Hospital.— Navy.— Treasury. — Public 

 Gardens, — Theatre. — Calabou^a.- Prisons. Page 53. 



CHAPTER IV. 



RANKS.— EMPLOYMENT.— MANNERS.-CHARACTER. 



Vicereys. — The Queen. — Regent. — Royal Family. — Palace. — Equipage. — Conde' de Linhares 

 — Courtiers. — Ecclesiastics. — Lawyers. — Merchants. — Shopkeepers. — Artizans. — 

 Porters.— Itinerant Dealers. — Beggars. — Women. — Their Dress. — Persons. — Employ- 

 ments. — Children. — Domestic Arrangements. — Furniture. — Visits.— Dinner Party. — 

 Evening. — Visit at Ilha Dos Frades. — Education. — Ignorance. — Filth. — Vices. — Admi- 

 nistration of Justice. Page 92. 



CHAPTER V. 



VOYAGE TO THE PLATA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PROVINCES 

 OF PARANA AND URUGUAY. 



Preparations for Saihng. — Brazilian Seamen. — Uncommon Saltness of the Ocean. — Billows. 

 Rio de la Plata. — Detention in the River. — Character of the Plata. — Fishes. — Newly 

 acquired Brazilian Territory.— Etymology. — Province of Parana. — Rivers.— Lakes. — 

 Soil. — Produce. — Matte. — Towns. — Province of Uruguay. — Boundaries. — Castelhos. — 

 Nature of the Country.— Santa Tereza.-Maldonado.— Adventures there. —Character of 

 the People — Monte Video.— Other Towns.— Herds.— Rivers. Page 138, 



