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portion to its natural advantages, Pernambuco, at this Second 



Journey. 



day, would have been a stately ornament to the coast of 



Brazil. On viewing it, it will strike you that every one 

 has built his house entirely for himself, and deprived 

 public convenience of the little claim she had a right to 

 put in. You would Avish that this city, so famous for its 

 harbour, so happy in its climate, and so well situated for 

 commerce, could have risen under the flag of Dido, in 

 lieu of that of Braganza. 



As you walk down the streets, the a])pearance of the streets and 



houses. 



houses is not much in their favour. Some of them are 

 very high, and some very low ; some newly whitewashed, 

 and others stained, and mouldy, and neglected, as though 

 they had no owner. 



The balconies, too, are of a dark and. gloomy appear- 

 ance. They are not, in general, open, as in most tropical 

 cities, but grated like a farmer's dairy-Avindow, though 

 somewhat closer. 



There is a lamentable want of cleanliness in the streets. 

 The impurities from the houses, and the accumulation of 

 litter from the beasts of burden, are unpleasant sights to 

 the passing stranger. He laments the want of a police 

 as he goes along ; and Avhen the wind begins to blow, his 

 nose and eyes are too often exposed to a cloud of very 

 unsavoury dust. 



When you view the port of Pernambuco, full of ships Port of Per- 

 nambuco. 



of all nations, when you know that the richest commo- 



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