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... tion I can strongly recommend Port Alegre , its beautiful scenery and kindly people , so little known to the outer world , although only twenty days from London by steamer , and three from the River Plate . Passengers from England would ...
... tion I can strongly recommend Port Alegre , its beautiful scenery and kindly people , so little known to the outer world , although only twenty days from London by steamer , and three from the River Plate . Passengers from England would ...
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... tion law , which provides for gradual abolition , there will be no slavery by the close of this century . The institutions of the country are extremely liberal , the Government being a kind of Federal Republic , with an Emperor instead ...
... tion law , which provides for gradual abolition , there will be no slavery by the close of this century . The institutions of the country are extremely liberal , the Government being a kind of Federal Republic , with an Emperor instead ...
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... years ' income , or equal to 6l . per head of the popula- tion . Brazil has no fewer than seven loans in London , the balances due on each standing thus : - 1852 1858 1859 1860 1863 1865 1871 £ 685,800 861,500 4 RIO GRANDE DO SUL .
... years ' income , or equal to 6l . per head of the popula- tion . Brazil has no fewer than seven loans in London , the balances due on each standing thus : - 1852 1858 1859 1860 1863 1865 1871 £ 685,800 861,500 4 RIO GRANDE DO SUL .
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... tion to vessels of large burthen . The Arroyo Pelotas is a tributary navigable for 20 miles , and the Piratinin , which debouches 35 miles above the city of Pelotas , is remarkable for a grand stone bridge recently erected by Government ...
... tion to vessels of large burthen . The Arroyo Pelotas is a tributary navigable for 20 miles , and the Piratinin , which debouches 35 miles above the city of Pelotas , is remarkable for a grand stone bridge recently erected by Government ...
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... followed the Serra do Mar , Itapoa , and the Tapes and Herval ranges ; the low - lying sandy forma- tion about Lake Mirim and Rio Grande is more recent . The city of Rio Grande is only 28 c 2 PROVINCE OF RIO GRANDE . 19.
... followed the Serra do Mar , Itapoa , and the Tapes and Herval ranges ; the low - lying sandy forma- tion about Lake Mirim and Rio Grande is more recent . The city of Rio Grande is only 28 c 2 PROVINCE OF RIO GRANDE . 19.
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