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from our hemisphere, which do not flourish 

 here in perfection. But there are the boast 

 of these sunny regions — the palm, the cocoa- 

 nut, mango, bread-fruit, cochineal, banana, and 

 the tea-plant, — to which latter, by the way, the 

 climate of Rio seems peculiarly favourable. 



A large party sat down to a pic-nic dinner, 

 amidst all these rarities of nature, tormented 

 all the time by myriads of mosquitoes, produced 

 by the low, marshy ground of the garden. 



On Saturday we went with the Marquis de 

 Barbacena to his son-in-law the Viscount of 

 Santo Amaro's sugar estate. We had to cross 

 the bay, and our party being large it was divided 

 between two boats, one of which was occupied 

 by the ladies. One boat was rowed by eight 

 negroes. The sea was perfectly smooth, with- 

 out a ripple, and the heat something too dread- 

 ful to be described ; but the party being gay 



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