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NOTES ON BRAZIL. 



hides and tallow. Adjoining is the Trapiche do Ordem, an excellent 

 storehouse and quay, close to which vessels of considerable burden may 

 lie in safety. It is rather exposed to a surf from the North-East, 

 but the wind seldom blows with violence, more especially from that 

 quarter. 



Half a mile farther, on a point facing the East, is the Trapiche da 

 Saud^, or the healthy ; not undeserving of its name. It is used chiefly 

 for Hides and Sugar ; but, besides its inconvenient distance from the 

 city, it is much exposed to a heavy surf, and is kept in poor order. 



The next of these accommodations for trade is situated about 

 half a mile beyond the former, in the bay of Gambda. It is large and 

 internally commodious, affording room for a great quantity of Hides 

 and Horns ; but its increased distance from the usual anchoring place 

 proportion ably increases its inconvenience for business. The same may 

 be said of another wharf, upon the Ilha dos Enchados, North of the city ; 

 which is thereby rendered of little use and consequence. 



Though in proportion to the size and the wants of Rio, it has but 

 a scanty supply of water, there are several Public Fountains. That in the 

 Largo do Pa^o is a handsome building, conveniently situated, and highly 

 useful. The water is ejected perpendicularly from three pipes, then falls 

 upon a conch-like dome, and descends into a small trough round the 

 bottom, from which it is conveyed by other pipes into vessels for domestic 

 use. It is evident that a worse contrivance could hardly be adopted in 

 such a situation, where the supply is small, and the heat promotes eva- 

 poration in the highest degree ; but in Rio are neither Philosophers nor 

 (Economists. 



Near to the Quarteis do Segundo Regimento is another structure 

 of a similar kind ; but there the water is conveyed into large troughs, 

 suitable for washing clothes, and employed for that purpose. The 

 quantity of water is small, and, in consequence, it is little re- 

 sorted to. 



At the head of the Rua das Marrecas, is a fountain, which, in a 

 city so little ornamented, may be called splendid. It consists of a 



