. The Brazilians and their country . bravo to waylayand stab his enemy. The negro population were em-ployed in every description of labour, both agriculturaland domestic. In spite of these drawbacks the resourcefulness of theBrazilians had been revealed in many ways during thepreceding century. Cities had been constructed and RioCc^rcoy»(*o cl6 Janeiro especially, which had been made the Capital,^c^ -r^^ii-t^ transferred from Bahia, was beginning to rise out of hert^^^JJjt o^ marshes, showing signs of the queenliness that was to^Ucr^^ ;> - be. Already the colonies were outstripping the coun
. The Brazilians and their country . bravo to waylayand stab his enemy. The negro population were em-ployed in every description of labour, both agriculturaland domestic. In spite of these drawbacks the resourcefulness of theBrazilians had been revealed in many ways during thepreceding century. Cities had been constructed and RioCc^rcoy»(*o cl6 Janeiro especially, which had been made the Capital,^c^ -r^^ii-t^ transferred from Bahia, was beginning to rise out of hert^^^JJjt o^ marshes, showing signs of the queenliness that was to^Ucr^^ ;> - be. Already the colonies were outstripping the countryof their parentage, and Brazilian exports amounted to$12,500,000 with imports of $10,500,000. The fruits ofthree centuries of colonisation up to this time had notbeen greatly impressive in the region of material or in-dustrial progress, but a new nation had slowly beenevolving. A gradual incubation had been proceeding,so silently as scarcely to be realised by the Braziliansthemselves, through all these conquering and calamitous.
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