Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . THE JANGADA, AND THE ENTRANCE TO PERNAMBUCO. upon their commercial neighbors of the Eecife, is now in law-school, with its three hundred students, has been trans-ferred to Pernambuco, and this once valiant capital of theequatorial colonies of Portugal is now going rapidly to deserves to be regarded as S. Vincente, and the two places may be considered as .exhibiting the classic remains of the 33 514 Brazil and the Brazilians. colonial system of Portugal. Olinda, however, reminds us nearlyas muc
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . THE JANGADA, AND THE ENTRANCE TO PERNAMBUCO. upon their commercial neighbors of the Eecife, is now in law-school, with its three hundred students, has been trans-ferred to Pernambuco, and this once valiant capital of theequatorial colonies of Portugal is now going rapidly to deserves to be regarded as S. Vincente, and the two places may be considered as .exhibiting the classic remains of the 33 514 Brazil and the Brazilians. colonial system of Portugal. Olinda, however, reminds us nearlyas much of the Dutch as it does of the Portuguese, being knownin the annals of Holland as the ancient Mauritius, upon which theambitious Count of Nassau staked his fortune and his fame. As we drew near to Pernambuco, the warehouses and the ship-ping presented the features of a large commercial town, and theresemblance between it and the silent Queen of the Adriatic nolonger forced itself upon the beholder. The waves outside of thecurious reef, (recife,) or natural breakwater, wer
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