Under the Southern cross in South America . sea and sky and landsoon draws one away from himself and his own thoughts to thepicture which nature unfolds around him. In places the shore was lined with a luxuriant glittering vegeta-tion, the air was soft and mellow, the water became a vivid blue,the sun shone from a translucent sky. and the long-winged frigatebirds followed in our track, like spirits of the sea guarding us on ourcourse. The large steamers go direct from Buenos Aires and Monte-video to Santos and Rio, and are out of sight of land nearly all thetime, but the local or coasting stea
Under the Southern cross in South America . sea and sky and landsoon draws one away from himself and his own thoughts to thepicture which nature unfolds around him. In places the shore was lined with a luxuriant glittering vegeta-tion, the air was soft and mellow, the water became a vivid blue,the sun shone from a translucent sky. and the long-winged frigatebirds followed in our track, like spirits of the sea guarding us on ourcourse. The large steamers go direct from Buenos Aires and Monte-video to Santos and Rio, and are out of sight of land nearly all thetime, but the local or coasting steamers keep near the shore, makingports of call and occupying a1)out six days on the thousand-mile Grande, the most southern port of Brazil, has possibilities formaking a fine harbor. It is a good-sized town and is the seat of aseminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Other stopping-placesare Sao Francisco, Itajahy, Paranagua and Curitiba, 1 ?1 / \ M ^^00, i K < • ??? an ?-? «« B| HARBOR FRONT, SANTOS, BRAZIL. SANTdS, JiKAZII. 407 MONTEVIDEO AND THE EASTERN COAST 409 We went ashore at Santos, the coffee port par excellence of were ships of many nations lying in the harbor, which hasbeen deepened to accommodate large vessels. The Brazilians, aidedby British money and engineering skill, have made this harbor thevery best on the coast. It is the only one where steamers can liealongside the pier and where passengers and stevedores can get fromdock to dock, and 7ice versa, without launches and tenders. Form-erly this place was a hotbed of yellow fever, and seamen dreaded toenter it. Captains, while in port, were afraid to permit their crewsto go ashore. But a great change has been effected in recent deepening of the harbor, drainage operations, other improve-ments and a strict observance of sanitary laws have made the towncomparatively healthy, and Yellow Jack rarely breaks out nowa-days. An amphitheatre of mountains surrounds the broad, flat
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