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28 'rm<; amazon and Madeira rivers. 
by tho iatcresting book of Major voii Yevscai, who siient the last 
two years of tho war in the Paraguayan camp, and who, like v. T., 
had been sentenced to death by Lopez, and liad had a narrow escape. 
And this ferocious barbarian, who moreover had shown throughout 
the contest a cowardice and a petty care for his own Ego, surpassing- 
all boTinds ; who was gi-and only in respect of the cold seltishness with 
which he rejected all proposals of jieaco, as they of course involved his 
exile, and which enabled him to look quietly on while the whole nation 
perished for him ; this man was praised by a portion ot the European 
press (the Belgian especially) as a gallant hero, as tho brave defender ol 
his country against foreign usurpation ! 
Brazil, it is true, has to make amends for more than one wrong, as 
well in its external as in its internal affairs ; but (omitting Paraguay) in 
comparison with the other South American States, — Chile excepted, — it 
shines like a green oasis amid the desert of those so-called republics, 
which are for ever wavering between anarchy and despotism. 
If the Brazilians, in apology for tho backwardness of their country, 
call it a new one, compared with even the United States, they certainly 
arc right in some respects ; as, only since its freedom ti-om Portuguese 
mismanagement coidd anything be done for its in-ogress and improve- 
ment, or any steps be taken for the systematic development of its natm-al 
riches. 
On tho whole, it seems as if, since the departure of the Emperor Don 
Pedro II., Europe took a livelier interest in the Transatlantic Monarchy. 
Lot us hope that this interest will be din-able, and that both parties will 
derive advantage from it. 
