Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . orses and mules, all conveying the negociantes andcaxeiros (bookkeepers) to their respective residences. The distant steeples on our left are those of the Church of 28 Brazil and the Brazilians. Candelaria, which is situated on a narrow street back from theEua Direita. It is the largest church in the city, and presentstaller spires and a handsomer front than any other. The Praca do Commercio, or Exchange, occupies a prominentposition in the Eua Direita. This building, formerly a part of theCustom-House, was ceded by
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . orses and mules, all conveying the negociantes andcaxeiros (bookkeepers) to their respective residences. The distant steeples on our left are those of the Church of 28 Brazil and the Brazilians. Candelaria, which is situated on a narrow street back from theEua Direita. It is the largest church in the city, and presentstaller spires and a handsomer front than any other. The Praca do Commercio, or Exchange, occupies a prominentposition in the Eua Direita. This building, formerly a part of theCustom-House, was ceded by Government for its present purposesin 1834. It contains a reading-room, supplied with Brazilian andforeign newspapers, and is subject to the usual regulations of suchan establishment in other cities. Beneath its spacious porticothe merchants of eight or nine different nations meet each otherin the morning to interchange salutations and to negotiate theirgeneral business. The Exchange is not far from the Custom-House,which formerly had its main entrance adjoining the A RIO TEAM. Nothing can be more animated and peculiar than the sceneswhich are witnessed in this part of the Eua Direita during thebusiness-hours of the day,—viz.: from nine to three It isin these hours only that vessels are permitted to discharge and receivetheir cargoes, and at the same time all goods and baggage must bedespatched at the Custom-House and removed therefrom. Conse-quent upon such arrangements, the utmost activity is required toremove the goods despatched, and to embark those productions ofthe country that are daily required in the transactions of a vastcommercial emporium. There are the black-coated merchants The Musical Coffee-Carriers. 29 congregated about the Exchange, and here comes a negro team consists of five stalwart Africans pushing, pulling, steer-ing, and shouting as they make their way amid the serried throng,unmindful of the Madeira Islander, who, with an i
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