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cies. Thus muslins, handkerchiefs, prints, kerseymeres, hardware, 

 &c. might be purchased cheaper than they were obtained in England. 



When trade shall have resumed its regular channel, Rio de Ja- 

 neiro will, no doubt, be a grand and general market for the produce 

 of all the ancient Portugueze possessions : it will be a kind of half- 

 way house between Europe and India, and every description of 

 Asiatic produce will be found in its warehouses. Brazil, freed from 

 colonial restrictions, will soon become doubly populous ; its gold, 

 instead of being transported to foreign countries as heretofore, will 

 circulate among the inhabitants ; and, under a wise legislature, 

 it is reasonable to hope that in twenty years this great country will 

 rise in prosperity more than any other in thp same space of time« 



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