. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. ^ withthe reservoir, seems to be as unnecessary as it must have beenexpensive; it is supported on a double tier of lofty arches,consisting of more than forty in each row, and is no incon-siderable ornament to the city, as will readily bepercei\ed bythe annexed view. A series of pipes laid along or under thesurface would unquestionably have answered the purpose ofconducting the water equally well; but, as Sir G
. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. ^ withthe reservoir, seems to be as unnecessary as it must have beenexpensive; it is supported on a double tier of lofty arches,consisting of more than forty in each row, and is no incon-siderable ornament to the city, as will readily bepercei\ed bythe annexed view. A series of pipes laid along or under thesurface would unquestionably have answered the purpose ofconducting the water equally well; but, as Sir GeorgeStaunton has justly observed, shew and magnificence, as well as utility, are sometimes the objects of public RIO DE JANEIRO. 8t Another object of utility, in which the health and theamusement of the pubhc have l)een consulted, is the PasscoPuilico, or garden for pulilic promenade. This piece ofground is laid out in shrubberies, lawns, Avaiks, and are erected here and there, round which the jasmine,the clematis, and the passion flower intertwine their creep-ing branches. We observed several native plants of greatbeauty; but a vehement desire seemed to prevail of cultivat-ing, in preiwence, those of Europe, notwithstanding theirsickly and diminutive appearance, contracted in a climate sounsuitable to their constitution. But the most contemptibleobject in the garden ^Vas a miserable representation of thepapaya tree in cojiper, of its natural size and painted green,whilst the real plant, growing close beside it in all the ex-uberance of tropical vegetation, laughed to scorn its stiff anddeformed mock brother. A broad terrace Avalk at the lowerend of the garden, overlooking an ar
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