Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-05-04
The Land He Len Behiad Hi..


Dom Pedro, next TO the Emperor 80 s,
the Russians, rules over the largess e., al
tiguous territory under one goverpns..
on the globe Official reports give i, -
area OF 4,cyl ,3S4 square miles. more !.
less Its greatest length is 2,e00 miis.
and It's greatest breadth is 2, 470 niles r.
go All over II 10 an ordinary lifetime on !
would need to travel as fast as its Emper
or mas been DONG while In this country
IL i DIVIDED into twenty provinces ans
one independent municipality. eac, ~
which has local capital. "
The empire claims population ~ :,
sc, 600, but some authorities clair, 49,.
does not contain more than 7 600 an, 49, ~
pie of all races. The whites nnrirs-
about third of the entire popuIat;o.
and are chiefly OF Portuguese descept T.
the seaboard cities there are many French
Germans and English, most of whom arc
engaged in trade Nearly one-thiri az ;se
inhabitants are Indians. They represe,,
all degrees of civilization, and NO civiliza
ton worth speaking of. Some of the II
terror tribes are cannibals. They practins
jerking the meat obtained from their enc
mics bodies and storing it up for a rs;nv
day. In this respect they show more fora.
sight and thrift than the natives Of ~
Cannibal Islands. Most OF the indians
however, are very quiet and friendly
They subsist for the most part or game
and Wild fruits. They require little ~,
way of houses. Their fayorite cloths,
is red paint The country contains uesr
ly ,000, 900 negroes. The remainder ~
the population consists Of mixed race,
Some of the races are very decidedIy
mixed, having the blood of negroe:
Indians and whites in their veins.
Since Brazil was discovered, in The
year 1900, and settlements were com
menced shortly afterward, it seems some
what remarkable that il has not large,
white population. This may be 81.
planned by the fact t. the country xss
long tributary to Portugal, which did pg
contain inhabitants enough TO people -
vast country. During the past twenty
years Brazil has made strenuous exer
tons to procure settlers from foreign
countries. They have not only been Of.
fered land without cost. bat in some
instances have had half OF their passage
money paid. The Germans have ayailed
themselves of these liberal offers TO the
greatest extent OF any people. According
to official reports there are fifty colonies
in the Empire containing on an average
LOCO persons each, AT the close of our
civil war quite number of Confederates
removed TO Brazil As a rule, the foreign
settlers do not take kindly to the country
Quite likely this is owing to the crcurn
stance that the soil, climate, productions,
language and institutions OF Brazil are
very unlike those of the countries from
which settlers have been obtained Con-
siderable time is required for foreigners
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order Of things.
All intelligent travellers who have Wis
tied Brazil speak in the most glowing
terms of the country. Prof Agassiz re-
garded il as the most productive and in
teresting country on the globe, and the
one in which it is the easiest 70 obtain
livelihood. Some who have sailed up
the Amazon declare that vessel can be
loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of
only few cents per bushel. These con-
stitute valuable article of commerce,
while the oil extracted from them is very
desirable. All the tropical fruits are pro-
duced in, Brazil almost without cultiya-
ton. The soil in many parts of the coun-
try will produce twenty successive crops
Of cotton, tobacco, or sugar cane, without
the application of manure. No country
in the world approaches the land of Dom
Pedro in the variety of its forest produc-
tons. Prof. Agassiz states that he saw
1T different kinds Of valuable woods that
were cut from piece OF land not half
mile square. They represented almost
every variety OF color. and many OF them
were capable OF receiving q high polish.
One tree furnishes wax that IS used for
candles another pith which is used for
food and still another yields juice which
is used in the place of intoxicating liquor.
There is a single variety of palm from
which the natives obtain food, drink,
clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing
tackle, medicine and the material they
manufacture into dwellings, weapons,
harpoons and musical Instruments.
Doubtless the day is not distant when the
valuable woods OF Brazil will be used for
various useful and ornamental purposes.
Brazil is not only wooden country"
but country that produces the most
beautiful woods in the world
1t one does not want 70 cut wood that is
nearly as hard as ivory, with tropical
sun exactly overhead, there are other
things he can busy himself about. For
instance, he NAV shovel up diamonds, or
rake together sapphires, Aenicralds and
rubies. He can also quarry limestone
that is SO sonorous that il makes good
church bells. SO, too, he may engage in
loading carts with honey, some sweet, and
some sour, which is collected by bees that
have no stings, but which work all The
year long. In short, if anyone wants to
20 south and grow up with good coun-
try, let him make the acquaintance ofDom
Pedro and accompany him home. -Cht-
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