NOTES ON BRAZIL. 



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full military uniform which the General wore when commanding in 

 a battle remembered with honour in the neighbourhood. An arm- 

 chair supported the body, and the people went to pay it their respects, 

 much the same as to a living governor. This custom is not peculiar 

 to St. Catherine's ; through the wliole of Brazil a eeremonious visit is 

 usually paid to tJie dead. 



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