Under the Southern cross in South America . en-miletrip from where we first started, and measured as the crow flies,it would not have been half that distance. On our return we stopped just before we reached the AvenilaCentral at the Passeio Publico, or pulilic walks. This is a prettylittle park situated near the Monroe Palace. It has very fashionableand popular promenades. The entrance is unpretentious but withinthere are serpentine canals, lovely walks and some small Icts flash and sparkle in iridescent beauty in the sunlight. Fromthe terrace, which is neatly constructed, having
Under the Southern cross in South America . en-miletrip from where we first started, and measured as the crow flies,it would not have been half that distance. On our return we stopped just before we reached the AvenilaCentral at the Passeio Publico, or pulilic walks. This is a prettylittle park situated near the Monroe Palace. It has very fashionableand popular promenades. The entrance is unpretentious but withinthere are serpentine canals, lovely walks and some small Icts flash and sparkle in iridescent beauty in the sunlight. Fromthe terrace, which is neatly constructed, having at each end an oc-tagonal house, there is a splendid view of the harbor, the Sugar Loafand the Gloria Hill. Though Rio has been metamorphosed in recent years from anarchitectural standpoint, many features of the old city still chief of these is the famous old (Juvidor, a uni(|ue street whichmight be termed the Broadway of the Cajjital, that is, in a businesssense, for it is far from broad as a thoroughfare. In fact it is so nar-. Ni>T AIJ. IS CARRIKIJ ON FOOT, RIO
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