Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-26

4 ne eQua or, the CHINA @ rs hot AMI Un
! Wholesome. subject to grea, Aus aad Vi,
riable winds. particularly in IA: mcnlh
of March and Septe mb-r. But to tn.
south, beyond the .ropic OF Capricorn
There are no parts Of the world Which en-.
Hoy more serene and whoIeson: air. =.
The land near the coas. is in general rs-
ther low but excesd ngis Eieaiaat. il be
ling iniersperse With mea lows and woods
but on the west Far within lADd, are lofty
mountains whence Issue many noble
streams. thai fail into the grea, rivers Am
azon and La Plata Others run across The
country from east TO ives, I'll! they fall in
to the Atlantic Ocean, after m.lora ing
the lands which they annually oyerh Wv,
and turning the sugar-miiis, beiongi q to
the Portuguese. The soi! in general i.
extremely fertile.
The VIII lie country abounds with timbe,
trees, besides which there are spacious
woods OF ciiron, ebony, nastic cotton, and
hive different species o pa m trees, 10
| ge:her with macy o.her vegetable produc
| tions thas yie;d the Fl ,est G'ui,, & most adj
mirabe balss,ns, lla. d.lIdse The mos. de
Ilightful Fragrance. BIZ toe primo pal v. O
etable production is the va.uab : tim e
tree called Bca,ii.w Cd from VIII CHI IN
deed The Whole Country has derived It's ap.
pella ion). and which cnnstilu:es Chief
article fexpo:t 10 Europe.
Brasil. Woo has d, fferenl names, accord
ing TO the places whenc. i. is sxpor ed
Thus there is the Hrasil.w >od OF ternam
buco, or Peinanblco, The 3 il.wood II
Japan, that al Lamnn, tina; o. Santa Ma
tina, and lastly, the Brasili-t, which 8 IS
tecmed the worst. This las come, from
the Antilles islands
The Brasil w1ol of Iepau is otherwise
called Sapan and is o! two sorts The lag
and the small one the large is simpI,
called Sapaa b!maes.
| The tree of,he Il :aiiI W pod grows CON
| monty in dry barren places. am ny rock
II becomes very thick and tai, ana shoe :
out l1rg branches, whose lwigS a-e fu
Wished 'silh vast quantity cf mai; I.aye,.
nall round, f'e briBh' green, pretty Iuuch
like III sc Of b x bu; lcnsef, hard dry,
ard bit lie Is ru Is seldom SRA CHI.
bot crooked and kno;ty, si,n!ar 10 iha
% the hawthorn. Twice a yea, a ,hr
| xirem.;y u. tie b nstes, ard bstwecf
The ,eav-s SIN II punches Of Il wees ap.
pear, which are somewhat ng, pretty
much Ike those OF he lilly Of tie valiey
nf brgh: red, and an agreeable aroma
nc smsll; these are succeeded by fls
red UT. winch colia,ns t~o small A.
,eeds of most lively red, and in form re
sembl'ng pumpkin SEED
Though jhe trunk If this tree be yer,
: thick, ye' is covered With % gto "a buk
that, when the sayagrs have taken it of
from The wood, trunk, which beio wa
= as ;h;ck as mans body, remai,s, as !
were, a log not bigger than his leg.
The Brasil wood is very, eavy, y, an,
hard it crackIes We y much in The fire
!. and emis hardly any smoke, on accoun
IF It's excessive dryness.
! None of the dIfferen' sorts of 3 ssj;
woods have any p'th, except iha, CT JIpan
hat Of Fe'nanbuco is Itckooed he be-,
1t mus, b. chosen in hlck pieces or log.
neavy, compact, very souhd, without an
part of inner bnk upon IL. and without IN
east rotenness, and su.h as afer splt,in
:. It, from pale becomes reddish and la
oil being hewed, it has a swc=ti.h taste, lux
It sugar.
re- This wood is proper fer turner's vol
y and takes good polish bu' lis chief u.
a is for dying as it impar,s AIRED colour.
" From The Brasil wood OF Pernlmbuc,
hey ex rset, by means OF acids kind
it, srmine: they also make OF it liquid Ia
st for painting in minalsre. And, with
a tDcture Of this wood often repeated, is p,,
m pared a reddish chalk, called rosetta
Of which, however, is nothing but the VIII.
m of Roam, 10 which The Basil wood Civ
n he colour Of an nmaranhus. Basil.
h is also used incidentally both as a sior
schic and as an as,rlngent,
he There are numerous gold ard sily
Z mines in Brasil which are of great exie-
COY There are also many diamond mines,
RS The diamonds are not so brilliant as tho
10 of Hindoslan, being ol brownish obsc
hue. The mines commence abaut six
Of miles from Rio, Of winch the large a
- populsus capital is called Minas Il
m province extends TO The Spanish sett
% ments of Paraguay.
The kings tenth Of the gold is TAX
as from The ere al the smelling holss, WIN
up. II is cast into ingols, which a'e s'smp
Inc and then become legal tsndsr in p
All ments; Il The owner With TO have it co
our cd, IL pays Two and hall per cent al
va mint. The colonial gold CURRENCY is