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„September.
11
-tended by a troop, o f . horfe; His date carriage is tolerably
•neat, but by -no": means elegant or füperb j' it was* drawn by
..four horfesTrxegularly mottled; -
«.Carriages-, are;, pretty common, at; this,.place,;', there is
icarcely a family of .relpedtability without- one. They are
-moftly of the chaife.kind, and. drawn-in general Uy mules,
which are rfouiid; to anfwer better than horfes, being more
indefatigable and furer footed; . consequently betten balcw-
lated to afcend their ftéep hills and mountains*a;
; Thé military force of' Brazil confifis of a troop of- hprfe,
which ferye • as guards for the, viceroy, twelve regiments, .of
regulars from. Europe, «tnd fix .rajfed in jthe. ,conntry : . thêfe
tail. eniift men of ,a mixed cplour, which the former are'by
no, means fullered to do. BefidCs,"jthe foregoing^- there„ar£
twelye.regiments ,of- militia" always, embodied. . This, .whole
%^e,.regulars and militia," except thofë on out-pofts 1 and
other needful dutiê^appear early in..the morning, dneyety,
^rft day ;pf the month, before the palace, where ■.they, undergo,
a general-mufter, and review of arms and, nécêffaries*
The private men, although they, ate confidered as perfons of
great confequence by the populace, are, on the other, iand,
equally fubmidiye and pbjpdi,ént-.to thêir officers... This ftridfc
difcipline
V 0 ;t'A Ctg) T & TS & W ' SOÜT H W A L e I
d ifcJ p li^ ^ a d n r^ u fe r i^ ^ t l ^ i o i # y ^ r f V ^ t hmtea|-ulfe | | | ,
tinder military -orders, «renders ;thg‘ inhabitants'1 extreiriety yepte.ci.ber\
■ ciyiE :ari(i'-p'olite-fheveiferS*,«#hdp intretri J f firid)? M U
on.thelmafcagreVable in d ^ % p y Ver^s With them.*' |
, A captain’ s igu'ard (fthdepbftdetit^ofl; the cava%y v^Rd are
a J jw a yd in ^ d an e^ ti att'eKd
day :'av&- the;;palate. w. W hene^er/idmldoddfOTMiKp^'aliy"
whiqK he'dfd ^ f eM o kW poffibldr t« i g h a r r i s T^hbd
out, iWifhidoloffrs;^J^^'and,- " ^ T b e f b r l e l t h q i h i e
m a f l^ h dH o y fp a id " t | ildm I a S i ^ T ^ k
ma'ta this trouble and berfconjy,' he^ iridfhdrequddtlyi Id n ^ f^
and embarked at the-north-weft fide df the W n ^ e r e - '-h is
boat cdnftanB fh a lte d iS r 3ihn.
Ombolfh f i f lfe ^ A h e ^ f e ^ h i c h o f * ^ ^ b f y ^ d ^ ' .
hour,^ pi<4ufeique^ahd t o a d e ^
abounding «with- thd -nioft" Itixu riarftri fioivei-^ ‘ahdo aromatic
Ihrubs.. ««Birds -'bf a dovely^hd- ribh"* pluniagb fidehhop-
pirtg B o m t r e e t o C f r e e in ^ d a t numbers-^ Idgethfe’r* With ’ an
an>
colours exckd-alCdefeription. T h e s is
cultivation in the parts "we 'vifited ;: the" land: ‘fbemed' chiefly
pafturage. * -The cat-tfr here are fmall; arid when "killed d o
n o t