NOTICES OF BRAZIL. 



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the sea, forms a delightful promenade in " twilight gray," well 

 suited for the denoument of love. In the hall or entrance of 

 the building are hung many mementos of the miracles wrought 

 by our Lady of Glory, who, it would appear, was an adept in 

 the healing art. Casts in wax, many of them obscene in their 

 configuration, from that of the simplest wound to the most 

 loathsome ulcer, are collected here as testimonials of relief af- 

 forded at her hands and through her invocation, to the afflicted 

 of both sexes. 



From this point sweeps a small cove, lined by a neat row of 

 white one story buildings that look out upon the bay, to point 

 St. lago, upon which stands a fortress of the same name. The 

 next cove is short, and terminates at "Cobras." Here the 

 city is seen over a forest of the masts of small craft, reposing 

 under the shelter of the mountains. The " Praga de San Jos6," 

 the Palace, and the imperial Chapels are conspicuous. The 

 whiteness of the buildings brings the whole, like a picture, in 

 strong relief against the dark mountain sides in the back ground. 

 Bells are ringing different peals at the same time, guns are 

 firing, and at almost every hour of every day, hundreds of 

 rockets are sent whizzing through the air in honor of some 

 saintly festival. From the anchorage, the city appears to be a 

 cleanly one, but " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the 

 view for, 



— " whoso entereth in this town, 

 That, sheening far, celestial seems to be, 

 Disconsolate will wander up and down, 

 'Mid many things unsightly to strange ee ; 

 For hut and palace show like filthily : 

 The dingy denizens are reared in dirt ; 

 Ne personage of high or mean degree 

 Doth care for cleanness of surtout or shirt. 



Though shent with Egypt's plague, unkempt, unwash'd, unhurt !" 



To the northward, the mountains rise high in slender, splin- 

 tered peaks, which, from a fancied resemblance to the tubes of 

 an organ, are called the Organ Mountains. In the same direc- 

 tion are seen white chSteaus perched on the hills and rocks, so 

 high as to be sometimes robed in clouds. The city itself is 



