Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . , we pass onby the pillared Thcatro, one of the finest of the public build-ings, the white walls of which are well set off by the heavyfoliage behind them. As for the Largo, it is a great, treelesswaste, like a dozen others in the city ; but the sides are linedwith magnificent dark mango-trees, and the houses are of abetter class than those we have seen ; very fresh and prettysome of them are, with their facings of glazed white and bluetiles. We observe these tile-facings in many places along theRica de Nazareth, where we turn ofifrom the Largo; decid-edl
Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . , we pass onby the pillared Thcatro, one of the finest of the public build-ings, the white walls of which are well set off by the heavyfoliage behind them. As for the Largo, it is a great, treelesswaste, like a dozen others in the city ; but the sides are linedwith magnificent dark mango-trees, and the houses are of abetter class than those we have seen ; very fresh and prettysome of them are, with their facings of glazed white and bluetiles. We observe these tile-facings in many places along theRica de Nazareth, where we turn ofifrom the Largo; decid-edly the prettiest dwellings in the city are here, and they arecontrasted with rows of noble mango-trees, like those of thesquare. The gardens in front of some of the houses are stiff 52 BRAZIL. and pedantic, it is true ; but in this climate Nature gets thebetter of the gardeners, and, despite them, will disport her-self in glorious masses of foliage and bloom ; plants, such asgrow in our green-houses at home ; but not the delicate nurs-. The Theatre, Para. lings of the North ; great, hearty shrubs, with the vigor oftheir forest homes fresh on them, and their untrammelledroots sinking a yard deep into the rich loam. But the gardens are tame compared to those neglectedrocinJias where the grounds are yard, orchard, wilderness, allthrown together ; where flowering vines clamber over thefruit-trees, and the rich flowers are smothered in richerweeds, and rampant second growth threatens to annihilatethe whole estate, as it undoubtedly would, did not the in-habitants make a sally sometimes with axes and think Nature here has a grudge against humanity, with itsangular houses and fences ; she wants to round off every-thing to suit her flowing fancy. But if, instead of the blowsand hard words she gets, she were coaxed and patted on theback, how she would break out into smiles and loveliness ! PARA. 53 Ah, well! I suppose we -shall go on abusing her while theworld lasts ; but s
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