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tended by a troop of horfe. His ftate carriage is tolerably 
neat, but by no means elegant or fuperb ; it was drawn by 
four horfes irregularly mottled. 
Carriages are pretty common at this place ; there is 
fcarcely a family of refpedlability without one. They are 
moftly of the chaife kind, and drawn in general by mules, 
which are found to anfwer better than horfes, being more 
indefatigable and furer footed ; confequently better calcu- 
lated to afcend, their fteep hills and mountains. 
The military force of Brazil conlifts of a troop of horfe, 
which ferve as guards for the viceroy, twelve regiments of 
regulars from Europe, and fix raifed in the country : thefe 
laft enlift men of a mixed colour, which the former are by 
no means fufFered to do. Befides the foregoing, there are 
twelve regiments of militia always embodied. This whole 
force, regulars and militia, except thofe on out-pofts and 
other needful duties, appear early in the morning, on every 
firfl day of the month, before the palace, where they un- 
.dergo a general mufter, and review of arms and neceflaries. 
The private men, although they are confidered as perfons of 
great confequence by the populace, are, on the other hand, 
:2equally fubmilTive and obedient to their officers. This ftrid 
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