Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . le, as I have alreadyobserved, and are not given to drunkennessas the Northern nations; therefore grog-shop is not the correct term to express thefoundation of a Brazilian settlement. Beli-gion and the venda are not always insepa-rable; for you will frequently find a littlecross erected near its entrance, and some-times an alms-box affixed to the door, onwhich is painted white souls and blacklifting up from the flames of purgatory handsof supplication; and hard must be the heartthat can resist the piteous spectacle.
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . le, as I have alreadyobserved, and are not given to drunkennessas the Northern nations; therefore grog-shop is not the correct term to express thefoundation of a Brazilian settlement. Beli-gion and the venda are not always insepa-rable; for you will frequently find a littlecross erected near its entrance, and some-times an alms-box affixed to the door, onwhich is painted white souls and blacklifting up from the flames of purgatory handsof supplication; and hard must be the heartthat can resist the piteous spectacle. The midshipman is, however, entirely just in his observations onmosquitos and the very vicious sand-flies called borachudas. Bothhis indignation and poetry arise at the trouble they gave him; forhe eloquently bursts forth in the following:—Any one who shouldwrite an ode to Brazilian scenery [near San Sebastian] wouldprobably begin,— Ye mountains, on whose woody heightsThe greedy borachudah bites;Ye forests, in whose tangled mazesThe dire mosquitos sting like blazes!—. THE ALMS-BOX. and so on to the end of the canto. Things that would be poeticalin themselves are sadly spoiled by the introduction of such utili-tarian adjuncts as mosquitos. Greedy animals! I am ashamedof you. Cannot you once forego your dinner and feast your mindwith the poetry of the landscape ? San Sebastian is twelve or fourteen miles long, and of nearlyequal width. It is well cultivated and somewhat populous. LikeIlha Grande, it was a rendezvous for vessels engaged in the slave- Santos. 309 trade. Such craft had great facilities for landing their cargoes ofhuman beings at these and contiguous points; and if they did notchoose to go into the harbor of Eio to refit, they could be furnishedat this place with the requisite papers for another voyage. For noother object was the vice-consulate of Portugal established in thevilla opposite. The sun was setting as our little steamer issued from the Bay ofS. Seba
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