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WANDERINGS IN 



Second dities of Europe, Africa, and Asia, are brought to it ; 



Journey. 



when you see immense quantities of cotton, dye-wood, 



and the choicest fruits pouring into the town, you are 

 apt to wonder at the httle attention these people pay to 

 the common comforts which one always expects to find 

 in a large and opulent city. However, if the inhabitants 

 are satisfied, there is nothing more to be said. Should 

 they ever be convinced that inconveniences exist, and 

 that nuisances are too frequent, the remedy is in their 

 own hands. At present, certainly, they seem perfectly 

 regardless of them; and the Captain- General of Pernam- 

 buco walks through the streets with as apparent content 

 and composure, as an English statesman would proceed 

 down Charing-cross. Custom reconciles every thing. In 

 a week or two the stranger himself begins to feel less 

 the things whicli annoyed him so much upon his first 

 arrival, and after a few months' residence, he thinks no 

 more about them, while he is partaking of the hospitality, 

 and enjoying the elegance and splendour within doors 

 in this great city. 



Palace of Closc by the river side stands what is called the palace 



the Captain- *^ ^ 



General. ^|^g Captain -General of Pernambuco. Its form and 



appearance altogether, strike the traveller that it was 

 never intended for the use it is at present put to. 



Reader, throw a veil over thy recollection for a little 

 while, and forget the cruel, unjust, and unmerited cen- 

 sures thou hast heard against an unoffending order.- 



