Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . ions 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 imprecation anda crack of his whip, urges on a thundering mule-cart laden withboxes. Now an omnibus thunders through t
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . ions 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 imprecation anda crack of his whip, urges on a thundering mule-cart laden withboxes. Now an omnibus thunders through the crowd, and a largefour-wheeled wagon, belonging to some company for the trans-portation of goods, crashes in its wake. Formerly all this laborwas performed by human hands, and scarcely a cart or a dray wasused in the city, unless, indeed, it was drawn by negroes. Cartsand wagons propelled by horse-power are now quite common ; butfor the moving of light burdens and for the transportation of furni-ture, pianos, &c. the negros head has not been superseded by CO F FEE-CARRI E R S. While we are almost stunned by the sounds of the multitude, wehave a new source of wonderment. Above all the confusion of theEua Direita, we hear a stentorian chorus of voices responding inquick measure to the burden of a song. We behold, over the headsof the throng, a line of white sacks rushing around the corner ofthe Eua de Alfandega, {Custom-House Street.) We hasten to thatportion of Eua Direita, and now see that these sacks have each aliving ebony Hercules beneath. These are the far-famed coffee-carriers of Eio. They usually go in troops, numbering ten or 30 Bkazil and the Brazilians. twenty individuals, of whom one takes the lead and is called thecaptain. These are generally the largest and strongest men thatcan he found. While at work they seldom wear any other gar-ment than a pair of short pantaloons; their shirt is thrown asidefor the time as an encumbrance. Each one takes a bag o
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