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trottoir, so rarely met Avitli out of England, was not expected 
to be found in a foreign settlement of Portugal, 'i'he shops 
are large and commodious, generally well stocked with the 
manufactures of Europe, chiefly those of Great Britain, which 
after being exhibited in the windows of the capital and the 
principal cities and towns of the empire, till their fashion is 
out of date, are shipped otf to the trading nations on the con- 
tinent, and from thence to their foreign settlements. In the 
catalogue of wares exhibited in the shops of Rio de Janeiro, 
English quack medicines and caricature prints were not the 
least esteemed nor the least abundant. 
The city of Rio is in its extent so considerable, that it is 
said to contain at least sixty thousand souls, including slaves ; 
yet there is neither inn, nor hotel, nor any kind of lodging or 
accommodation for the reception of strangers. There was, 
indeed, a sort of tavern, on the right of the great square, 
kept by a Frenchman, a Monsieur Phiilipe, v/ho, on the ar- 
rival of foreign ships, attends at the main landing-stairs to 
offer his services as agent, broker, interpreter, quack doctor, 
traiteur or, in short, in any other capacity which strangers 
may be disposed to employ him ; and in the nature of the 
•service they may wish to engage him there is no necessity to 
be apprehensive of offending his delicacy, for he is a true 
Frenchman. A house of accommodation is, however, scarcely 
necessary, as this weak and therefore perhaps jealous goiern- 
ment is so inhospitable as not to allow any stranger to remain 
on shore after sunset ; and so suspicious as not even to suffer 
him to walk the streets in the daytime, without a soldier at 
his heels. In this respect their caution seems to be fully as 
