Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . nds of that portion of animated nature which loves to dis-turb nocturnal hours. Pre-eminent above all is the staccato musicof the blacksmith-frog, whose substantial body a mans handscould not enclose, and every sound that he produces rings uponthe ear like the clang of a hammer upon an anvil, while the tonesuttered by his congeners strikingly resemble the lowing of distantcattle. Not far from Bennetts are the coffee-plantations of Mr. Lesceneand of Mr. Moke, which are among the very first that were culti- 206 Brazil
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . nds of that portion of animated nature which loves to dis-turb nocturnal hours. Pre-eminent above all is the staccato musicof the blacksmith-frog, whose substantial body a mans handscould not enclose, and every sound that he produces rings uponthe ear like the clang of a hammer upon an anvil, while the tonesuttered by his congeners strikingly resemble the lowing of distantcattle. Not far from Bennetts are the coffee-plantations of Mr. Lesceneand of Mr. Moke, which are among the very first that were culti- 206 Brazil and the Brazilians. vated in Brazil; and, as they are the only fazendas near to the city,no stranger should omit an early walk to the lovely valley wherethey are found. The excursions from the boarding-house are most varied andinteresting. To climb the Pedra Bonita and gaze upon the moun-tain-landscape and the far-off meeting of sky and ocean is thedelightful work of a few hours. The charm of Tijuca is that,while its climate is unchanging June, and its verdure tropical, it. IE N N ETTS, TIJUCA. possesses the sparkling cascades and thundering waterfalls ofSwitzerland. If we wander from Bennetts toward Bio, andturn to our left, a few moments will bring us to a limpid streamwhich hangs like a ribbon down the mountain-side, and sends up Brave notes to all the woods around,When morning beams are gathering fast,And hushd is every human sound. This beautiful fall is said to come from a height of three hundredfeet, and reminded me of the leaping brooks of the Valley of theBhone, or the graceful cascade of Arpenaz, that swings from anAlpine cliff into the sweet vale of Maglan. Or again, if we ridefor a half-hour in the opposite direction from the mountainboarding-house, we reach a wild and verdant spot, where, dismissing Excursions. 207 our horses, we climb up through banana-fields and forest, and reachthe foaming waters of the Cascata Grande. Here the Tijuca Eiverleaps for sixty feet
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