SOUTH AMERICA. 



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Provinces. 





Chief Cities. 





Pernambuco, , 



. 550,000 



Pernambuco, . . 



40,000 





. 500,000 



Bahia, . . . . 



90,000 



Minas, . . . 



. 384,000 



Villa Rica, . . . 



20,000 



Rio de Janeiro, 



. 400,000 



Rio Janeiro, . . 



90,000 



St. Paulo, . . 



300,000 



St. Paul, . . . 



20,000 









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Maranham, . . 



. 200,000 



Maranham, . . . 



20,000 





. 150,000 



Para, .... 



15,000 



Matto Grosso, . 



• 100,000 



Cujaba, .... 



30,000 



Goyaz, . . . 



. 170,000 



Villa Boa, . . . 



5,000 





3,000,000 







The proportion of blacks in the great cities, is at 

 least fifteen for one; that of the mixed breed, African 

 or Indian, I had no means of ascertaining. The whole 

 population probably increases with as much rapidity 

 as in the United States. There is every disposition 

 on the part of the present sovereign, to encourage emi- 

 grations; but it is not in his power to prevent vexa- 

 tions from being practised on the emigrants, and they 

 are not received with good will by the inhabitants, 

 especially of cities. The obstacles in the way of ob- 

 taining lands, is very discouraging, on account of the 

 enormous fees and exactions of the public officers, or 

 the uncertainty of titles, where they purchase from in- 

 dividuals. As in all countries so thinly inhabited, 

 lands are worth little more than the improvements put 

 on them, and perhaps with greater reason here than 

 elsewhere, on account of the difficulties of clearing 

 them. 



With the exception of the three provinces, Minas, 

 Matto Grosso, and Goyaz, all the rest have a maritime 

 boundary. These three provinces may be called the 

 back country of the Brazils. The province of Minas, 

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