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Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn; Together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Year 1849-'50, with an Appendix Containing Reminiscences Together with the Articles of Association and Roll of Members of the Associated Pioneers of the Territ

Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn; Together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Year 1849-'50, with an Appendix Containing Reminiscences Together with the Articles of Association and Roll of Members of the Associated Pioneers of the Territ


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. City of Rio de Janeiro?Visit to the market?Mode of nursing children in Rio?The Passeio Publico?Rare plants and flowers?Butchery of Santa Lucia?View of the city from Telegraph Hill?The Theatre San Januaria?Trick of the manager?A night on a dilapidated sofa?Emperor's church ?Interior decorations?Yankee mercantile house in Rio? Visit to Praya Grande?The Frenchman and his orange grove?Visit to the Navy Yard?Scene at the guardhouse?Convent of St. Benedict?Funeral ceremony?Mode of interment. Wednesday, March 1.?Went on shore at eight o'clock, A. M., and after breakfasting at the Hotel Pharoux, visited the market-house, situated on the north side of Palace Square. The -walls of the market are composed of stone, rough-cast, and the interior forms a hollow square. There are three arched gateways, or entrances, the principal of which, fronting Palace Square, is surmounted by an astronomical globe bearing a crown and cross, the Brazilian coat of arms. The eastern portion of the market is occupied by the fish-mongers, and oil their stalls is displayed the greatest variety of the finny tribe I have ever seen, and I question whether the fish-market of Rio is excelled in variety by any other in the world. In the northern and western portions of the market are exposed for sale tropical fruits in all their varieties, and vegetables of various 62 SUBSTITUTE FOR CRADLES AND JUMPERS. kinds. Most of the stalls are attended by female slaves, many of whom have their little ones lashed to their backs with a strip of cotton cloth. The little pickaninnies remain as quiet in this position MODE OF NURSING CHILDREN IN RIO. as would an American child in a cradle or baby- jumper, and allow their mammas to perform their avocations without hindrance. After having spent two or thr...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217736527
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217736521
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 263 gr


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