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elevated part of the city, forms one of the prin- 

 cipal objects worth remarking; and between 

 Rio and Botafogo is a straggling line of houses, 

 interrupted by a picturesque woody hill, on 

 which is built the church of Nostra Senora da 

 Gloria. The palace of the emperor, with the 

 chamber of the deputies, is in a square where 

 boats land from the ships ; and here, also, is a 

 tolerable French coffee-house. These com- 

 prise all the sights worth speaking of in Rio, - 

 In fact, it is not within the city itself that its 

 beauties are to be appreciated, but at the mys- 

 terious distance of two miles from the shore, 

 where the eye cannot inspect the details. The 

 houses then assume the aspect of palaces ; the 

 churches and high steeples have an imposing 

 character ; the dirty stone fronts look like ele- 

 gant white marble ; and the breeze — which 

 seldom penetrates the town winding under the 



