SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
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the greater part of the present fixed revenue proceeds. 
Manuia, the king’s purveyor, was also a chief of rank, and 
with two inferior chiefs and the interpreter made up the 
royal suite. 
Our voyage began prosperously. On the 18th of October 
we reached the often described Madeira, and enjoyed the 
beauty of its scenery and the hospitality of the resident 
English merchants, for five days; when, on the 23d, we 
sailed for the coast of Brazil, and entered the magnificent 
harbour of Bio de Janeiro on the 27th November. 
It is impossible to conceive more sublime and beautiful 
scenery than that which gradually unfolds itself on passing 
the narrow entrance; which is marked on either hand by an 
almost perpendicular rock, at the base of one of which is 
the strong fort of Santa Cruz. Beyond the spacious har¬ 
bour, the surrounding hills rise into high peaks covered 
witli wood to the summits, except where the sides nearly 
perpendicular afford no hold for vegetation. The suburb 
of Botofogo and its placid bay lie on the left; on the op¬ 
posite shore, embowered in orange and lemon-trees, is the 
large village of Praya Grande. The church of N ossa Sen- 
hora da Gloria on its own hill, and the city, with its superb 
aqueduct, and fine churches and convents, appear in suc¬ 
cession as the ship advances to the anchorage. 
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