THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RIVERS, 
Don ,Toao VT.’s residence ndion lie c;i,mo to Brazil, ai’c tlic most con- 
spicnons of them. 
The streets are large and regular, Init they have an aliominahle 
pavement of a soft fen'uginous 
sandstone ( pedra eanga), ivhit’li 
I » yl|iD'' is ground down by the Avlioels 
KilllHP^ 'm iSSHwf' to a fine rod dust, apt to be 
IIIf ^ S extremely annoying. 
I lli I '''I BBB § But Para, has one ornament 
A I if' iiliPly i which it may well be proud ; 
rBI^W ( ,'V g the shady walks beneath plan- 
! ll?^ ' ./iwS''-' ' “ the gardens there is one species 
IllW ''''MmIi 2“ palm-tree that especially 
'■ $ strikes the foreigner with the 
|l^ ' ' ^ b^slmlm 
||||j^*|^ Pn ^ a very poinilm 
il'' ^ from the fruits of the Baciiba 
'I lif' i' I and Bataud pabns, by passing 
|':''i t'. ' pulps through a sieve, 
■ ^ and mixing them with water 
and sugar. 
As soon as we had completed onr official visits to the President and others, 
and ha<l made a few private calls, we took our jiassage on board the Belem, a 
first-rate steamer ot the Amazon Steam Companyj whose commander, Senlior 
lical, formerly in the Brazilian Navy, reccii ed us until great kindness. 
