KNTRY OF THE BAY OF RIO DE JAYEIRO, AS SKEY FROM THE CORCOVADO. 
7iioro favourable impression than those of Eio, for instance, or by a visit 
to picturesque Oijxda on its lovely bill. 
On the reinarkable coral rec'f that protects the port are a fine new 
lighthouse and a quaint old watch-tower, dating from the, time of the 
Dutch dominion. 
This coral reef, Avhich has given its name [Recife) to one of the three 
suburbs of the town, is extending all along the coast of Br;xzil, and 
allows only at a few places — at Ceara, for instance — of a safe entry for 
large vessels. 
Pakahvha do Norte, situated on the river of the same name at some 
with the Capilnl, emphatically called the “ Cidade Ileroiea,’’ although 
the charuTS so easily imparted by a ricdi tropical vegetation are the same, 
more or less, with all of them. 
Bahia is the first of them touched by the steamer on her way from 
Eio to Para. It does not offer anything very interesting except its 
imblie gardens, whence one may overlook the bay and port from beneath 
the cool shade of some groups of beautiful old mangueiras. 
Still less interesting is the neighbouring little port of Maceyo, the 
capital of the province of Alagoas. 
But at Perxamiutco the trouble of going ashore is well repaid either 
by a visit to the new parts of the city, that are well j)lannod and give a 
THK AMAZON AND MADEIRA IITVER.S. 
