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The cask of liquor I found to be a kind of rum, but not such as we had at the Brazils, and, in a word, not at all good; but when I came to open the chests, I found several things of great use to me: for example, I found in one a fine case of bottles, of an extraordinary kind, and filled with cordial waters, fine and very good; the bottles held about three pints each, and were tipped with silver.
I had great difficulty in finding it, for as I came to, and went from it before, on the south and east side of the island, as coming from the Brazils, so now approaching between the main and the island, not having any chart for the coast, nor land mark, it obliged us to go on shore on several islands in the mouth of the river Oroonoko, but to the purpose.
In the next place, my interest in the Brazils seemed to summon me thither; but now I could not tell how to think of going thither till I had settled my affairs, and left my effects in some safe hands behind me. At first I thought of my old friend the widow, who I knew was honest, and would be just to me; but then she was in years, and but poor, and, for aught.
It comes from Buenos Ayres, and consists of beef cut into long, thin, broad stripes, salted and dried in the open air. Under the term "whites," are included not only those Europeans who have lately immigrated, but also the Portuguese, who have been settled in the country for centuries. This wholesome plant grows very commonly in the Brazils.
In this way did the Brazils come into the possession of Portugal, being to the eastward of the conventional line settled with Spain as the boundaries of their respective territories. Dr. Robertson, in recording this voyage of Cabral, concludes with one of his just and elegant remarks.
Effect produced at Altona by the Treaty of Tilsit The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin's departure from Hamburg English squadron in the Sound Bombardment of Copenhagen Perfidy of England Remark of Bonaparte to M. Lemercier Prussia erased from the map Napoleon's return to Paris Suppression of the Tribunate Confiscation of English merchandise Nine millions gained to France M. Caulaincourt Ambassador to Russia Repugnance of England to the intervention of Russia Affairs of Portugal Junot appointed to command the army The Prince Regent's departure for the Brazils The Code Napoleon Introduction of the French laws into Germany Leniency of Hamburg Juries The stolen cloak and the Syndic Doormann.
To the spacious residence is attached a chapel, with the offices lying all around; the whole is enclosed by a high wall. Far and wide stretched the fields and low eminences, covered with sugar canes: unfortunately, we could not see the mode of preparing the sugar, as the canes were not yet ripe. A planter's fortune in the Brazils is calculated by the number of his slaves.
Luccock resided eleven years in Brazil, and he seems to have been a careful observer; his work gives much new and important information on agriculture, statistics, commerce, mines, manners, &c., but it is heavily written. Koster's Travels in the Brazils. 1816. 4to.
England must interfere either to defeat the ambition of France, or to curb the rapacity of Russia, or to check the arrogance of Austria, or to regenerate Spain, or to redeem Greece, or to protect Portugal, or to shield the Brazils, or to uphold the Bible Societies, or to consolidate the Greek Church, or to monopolise the commerce of Mexico, or to disseminate the principles of free trade, or to keep up her high character, or to keep up the price of corn.
The answer was, "Never mind what Lord Cochrane says, you will be in the Brazils and he in England, and I will take upon myself all the blame and the responsibility." He gave me till the evening to think of his proposals, and if I would not consent to them, he had other means of sending the Piranga to sea.
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