Chapter V: Rio De Janeiro

Brazil the Land of Contrasts.--Appearance of the City of Rio and
its Environs.--Excursion to the Peak of Corcovado, and the
Tejuca Waterfalls.--Germans in Rio.--Brazilian Literary Men.--
Assacú (_Hura Brasiliensis_.)--Snake-bite as an Antidote
against Leprosy.--Public Institutions.--Negroes of the
Mozambique Coast.--The House of Misericordia.--Lunatic
Asylum.--Botanical Garden.--Public Instruction.--
Historico-Geographical Institution.--_Palæstra Scientifica._--
Military Academy.--Library.--Conservatory of Music.--Sanitary
Police.--Yellow Fever and Cholera.--Water Party on the Bay.--
Chamber of Deputies.--Petropolis.--Condition of the Slave
Population.--Prospects of German Emigration.--Suitability of
Brazil as a Market for German Commerce.--Natural Products, and
Exchange of Manufactures.--Audience of the Emperor and
Empress.--Extravagant Waste of Powder for Salvoes.--Songs of
the Sailors.--Departure from Rio.--Retrospect.--South-east
Trades.--Cape Pigeons.--Albatrosses--Cape Tormentoso.--A Storm
at the Cape.--Various Methods of Measuring the Height of
Waves.--Arrival in Simon's Bay. 121