Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . loveliness, that day after day I visitedthe spot to drink my fill of beauty. Here comes the black cook, Jose, or Csesar, basket on arm,counting with his fingers, and bent on beating down to the lowest price the white-teethedEthiopian who pre-sides, in order that hemay have a few vin-tems, filched from hismaster, to spend, as hereturns home, in thepurchase of a littlecachaga, para mataro bixo, (to kill thebeast.) What thismuch-feared animal ishas never been ascer-tained; but certainly,judging from the pro-tracted eff
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . loveliness, that day after day I visitedthe spot to drink my fill of beauty. Here comes the black cook, Jose, or Csesar, basket on arm,counting with his fingers, and bent on beating down to the lowest price the white-teethedEthiopian who pre-sides, in order that hemay have a few vin-tems, filched from hismaster, to spend, as hereturns home, in thepurchase of a littlecachaga, para mataro bixo, (to kill thebeast.) What thismuch-feared animal ishas never been ascer-tained; but certainly,judging from the pro-tracted effort that isrequired to kill him, hemust be possessed ofremarkable tenacity oflife,—a sort of phoenixamong animals! Thefish, vegetables, fruit,and indispensable chickens, being purchased to his satisfaction, henext goes to the street appropriated to the butchers. Here he buyssome beef, lean but not ill-flavored, an apology for mutton easilymistaken for patriarchal goat, or a soft, pulpy substance, considereda great delicacy, (appropriately termed, by the Emerald Islanders,. BARGAIN. Eating and Drinking. 173 staggering Bob,)—the flesh of an unfortunate calf that hadscarcely time to look at the blue sky ere it was consigned to thebutchers knife. Then he proceeds to the venda to purchase thelittle dose for his bixo, and wends home, in high good-humor, toprepare breakfast. In many families a cup of strong coffee is taken at sunrise, andthen a substantial meal later in the morning. Dinner is usuallyserved about one or two oclock,— at least where the hours offoreigners have not been adopted. Soup is generally presented,and afterward meat, fish, and pastry at the same time. Except atdinners of ceremony, an excellent dish, much relished by foreigners,always finds a place on a Brazilian table. It is compounded of thefeijao, or black beans of the country, mingled with some came secca(jerked beef) and fat pork. Farinha, or mandioca-flour, is sprinkledover it, and it is worked into a
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