. The Brazilians and their country . ut sweeter, 0 Brother, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foams glee:Row, brothers, row to the blue of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea. Should one be just to the many-sided home and sociallife of this gigantic country, he must need write also ofthe occupations of the gaucho, or Brazilian cowboy, liv-ing his daring and picturesque existence in a world aparton the Southern interior plains; then there is the impor-tant section of Brazilian society best seen in its originalhome in the State of Minas—the fazendeiro, or caipira,as he
. The Brazilians and their country . ut sweeter, 0 Brother, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foams glee:Row, brothers, row to the blue of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea. Should one be just to the many-sided home and sociallife of this gigantic country, he must need write also ofthe occupations of the gaucho, or Brazilian cowboy, liv-ing his daring and picturesque existence in a world aparton the Southern interior plains; then there is the impor-tant section of Brazilian society best seen in its originalhome in the State of Minas—the fazendeiro, or caipira,as he is sometimes called, the country magnate whosewealth is his broad plantations, and who lives also moreor less isolated with his family, constituting their ownkingdom, independent and free and hospitable as wasany of our old South-land planters, or any medieval bar-onial lord. It is this land-holder-class that makes a strongappeal to young and old Brazil alike. This king of theland and horses and wide distances fascinates and calls. m 13X 5
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