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Hadfield William. Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands
Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. OUTWARD BOUND.—LIVERPOOL TO LISBON
CHAPTER II. LISBON TO MADEIRA
CHAPTER III. MADEIRA TO CAPE VERDS, WITH A GLANCE AT THE CANARIES
CHAPTER IV. CAPE ST. VINCENT TO PERNAMBUCO.—A WORD ON THE CLIMATE OF THE BRAZILS
THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL
CHAPTER V. EMPIRE OF BRAZIL
CHAPTER VI. PERNAMBUCO
CHAPTER VII. ALAGOAS AND SEREGIPE
CHAPTER VIII. BAHIA
STRAY NOTES ON BAHIA
CHAPTER IX. RIO JANEIRO, CAPITAL OF BRAZIL
COMMERCE OF BRAZIL
(STATISTICS LATELY ISSUED SHOW THE FOLLOWING COMPARATIVE RESULTS IN ROUND NUMBERS.)
COFFEE, SUGAR, AND HIDES, EXPORTED FROM RIO JANEIRO, IN 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853
BRITISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO BRAZIL, IN THE YEARS 1849, 1850, 1851, AND 1852
RIO STATISTICS.—EXTRACTED FROM RIO MERCANTILE JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1854. IMPORT
EXPORT
COASTING TRADE FOR 1853
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES
CUSTOMS REVENUE FOR 1853
RETURN OF TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BRAZIL FOR THE YEAR 1853
QUANTITIES OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM BRAZIL IN THE SAME YEARS
BRAZIL COFFEE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1853
ADMIRAL GRENFELL
THE REGION OF THE AMAZON
CHAPTER X. THE AMAZON
ON BRAZIL: ITS CLIMATE AND PEOPLE
RIO DE LA PLATA
CHAPTER XI. MONTE VIDEO
CHAPTER XII. BUENOS AYRES
SIX DAYS WITH GENERAL URQUIZA
UP THE PARANA
CHAPTER XIII. UP THE PARANA
PARAGUAY
CHAPTER XIV. PARAGUAY
SIR CHARLES HOTHAM, K.C.B
CHAPTER XV. HOMEWARD BOUND
THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
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William Hadfield
With the Cape Horn route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verde
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Nor are you greatly disposed to make allowances for the cause of your topographical disenchantment, as you find yourself a mere object of fiscal surveillance—obliged to be set ashore at the Custom-house, like a biped bale of merchandise, and have your hat or umbrella scanned as if they ought to be subjected to duty, like everything else, animate and inanimate, that approaches these most absurdly protected waters. Very soon, however, mere chagrin at such petty personal annoyances deepens into gloom, as you observe the mournful absence of that incessant activity you expect to meet with in so large and important a place. The fatal spell of lethargy and exclusiveness seems to be laid upon everything and everybody:—the very carriages and public conveyances (at least a large portion) are redolent of the past century, and all idea of locomotion is put to flight at the sight of them; and just the same is the case with the owners. Torpidity pervades the whole population, from the infant in arms, who is too lazy to laugh, to the cripple on crutches, who is too sluggish to grumble. An exception to this rule, however, is the market-place, where fruit, vegetables, the sardines already spoken of, and other odd articles, are brought for sale. The motley groups, with their baskets or little stalls, sheltered by umbrellas of all sizes and colours, are like so many fancy-fair Chinese, whom Portuguese a good deal resemble in bodily configuration, as well as in other attributes equally little spiritualised, however Celestial. The kaleidoscopic tableau going on here is a relief to the monotony of other places of resort, and so vividly impresses the stranger that he fancies the performers in the scene must be foreigners, and not ‘natives and to the manner born.’ The theatrical air of the whole thing is not a little heightened, in his opinion, on finding that no sooner has the clock told one, than, like one o’clock, they all have to pack up their wares and depart till next day, in preparation for the business whereof the market is thoroughly cleaned and put in order. This regulation might be advantageously adopted in regions where the mention of the word Portuguese, especially in connection with cleanliness, immediately superinduces a spasmodic agitation in the hearer’s nose, if indeed he can keep his countenance at all.
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