The New York herald., 1878-09-15
AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL.
NATIVE sUPERsTIT1oNs-DARIAs BEAUTIts,
BIRDS, BEASTS AND pEGGARs.

BIRDS, BEASTS AND pEGGARs.
BAHIA, Brazil, August 25, 1878.
Although my last letter mailed from this CITY
1 the second the Empire and the capital Of the
province-yst around It clusters SO many early colo.
NAL memories Inhabitants still retain many
Of the primitive customs Of Brazil that think the
HERALD readers will unintsrssted by q rssum&
Its position opposite the coast Of Africa caused
| be- from the earliest times, important rendezvous
| for those engaged In the slave traae Men OF tho
most desperate character, within twenty five
years, In their living cargoes, and told by
inhabiIant that the enacted were blood
curdiing. When the poor wrstches were landed and
lashed together in gangs they were driven into The
| Interior, where they were sold At that time
the orgies OF the successful traders shore
were oi q description to be repeated. There
elevator At that time as AZ present to ft
sons 10 top OF tho high terrace which overooks
sea. and upon these bluffs, my Informant states
men committed savage barbarItiss upon the native
women, often alter killing the husbands topplsd
them over the cliffs with their wives. Now tram.
way runs along the beach by the business houses,
peaceful padres stroll through the sweet orange
groves which skirt the convent walls. change In
decd Tor Bahia.
sUPERsTIrIoNa
The native Bahians Of the lowest orders imbued
with the ridiculous supers,itions, winch, l am
dissipate the principal Of these being u belief In
miracles and the euro diseases by offerings 10 q
pa,ron saint; yot they withal simple although
NOT industrious people. After earning enough bv
Ia their NUS or among The fragrant man.
COOS until their store Is exhausted. II is
OF tneir native songs while loading unloading light
Ia the bay. There IL pahos as wcI US rich mel
Way among aSs@ called .CrCrI ana thsir Iend.r
ing oi II Is sweet and detightful.
wArERlxG MILK.
tho curious and amusing customs,
In all Brazil. Is the way In which milk
served. think Americans will believe In It's ad-
vAutages. but certainly TO iorogner 1t looks ridisu
lous. Very early the pacca (cowl accompanied ny
her cali trottng by her sidc. makes an APPEARANCE III
every street, led Dy the owner with measure IN his
hand A little tinking bell around the cows neck
announces her approacn and she Is only prevented
from gstting among luxurious verduro side
| by u siight string sroand her horns held by tho
milkman. native servant comes ouI with
bo,,c OF more or less great proportions, according
10 the household demands, and the COW ! MIXED
Then como tho quianaefras, VINO vend vegetables,
oranges, guavss, mafacuJas urui,s oil the 'passon
Qowcr"l mangoes and sugar cane. These veDdcrs
women, AND thsy generally have young Brazilian
ST. juggling In sort OF light shawl behind their
backs. lhey cry out their wares IN nos unmusical
VOICE
Markets.
Certainly the markets mere, although full OF un-
savory odofs, the cpicure are q pleasant sight
the nsh, vegetables AMI iruits are VI a variety,
richness unknown ~ tho innabiiants VI
Norm America There Is Ash called tho europa,
uniike Eoglish turDol that rs IN great demand.
Tney soIu twenty-five
money. Flowers OF the most brilliant hues contrast
well with tho dark faces oi the Nina ncgressxs VINO
sell 'nsm s .ns, fragrance n, do" almost opp'e.-
copper sOr1sH "au%p'-asoa. three % cents. Oranges.
fusion ana sold for almost what you choose to
pay ior them. Ia one corner gay-pIumaged macaws
and screaming parrots keep up perpetual rather
bswidsrng concert win cnaI.ering apes ana dninu-
tive monkeys (nerc called marmosetesL On the OUT
side Of Tho market IRE wicker BASKETS nllsd with
chi ken nd uscd for
IL 10 n busy scene.
wHALg FISHING.
The bay is celebrated whaling ground, although
the spoutpg marine monsters are said 10 DO faiing
oil IN quantity. 10 capture whales Is regular occu-
meIno Witnessed the triumphant arrival OF u dead
levtntan. should .ninx he measured fifteen icst IN
length. Hundreds oil people tpronged The shores To
witness dying strug giles and 10 procure poruons
Of his 1esn, which they COOK ana cat. 1t Is cooked
and sold IN the streets, anu swine afeIward Iced upon
the carcass.
An old custom Is kep' up IN Bahia oy the fortu-
guesc aud other native merchants aud Is initiated by
iorclgu houses. pile Of coppsrs-the
"dumps" spoken oil prcviousiy-is placed ON u shelf
the the last day o every wesk for the
clerks TO give 10 thc poor. When the pile Is ex-
hsustsd the unversai answer sends every applicant
away, "PscIencia Deos lhe iavorets." Inc asking
God 10 favor them equivalent to tho answer Of ~
cannot, or viii not" simiiar mode rs prevalent In
SpaiE ana often heard Msarid the Same per
dome UNI por Dior, Hermano." la quaint old Cairo.
Esyp, wBcre II N an Orieutal custom 10 take care
OF tho tools beggars, tho latter sienced at once
coubt The custom OF thus sort oi aimsgiving comes
aown IRON a very cary time ana had US Origin "a
Orisntal countries IL Dusing TO think mat tho
gars almost universally gamoiors IN lotteries
hey Ouy cke,s Tor utmost any price, anu there
H. scarcs,y of thsm VINO does net thlnk That sono
day the grand prizo ~i DO his For that matter,
however, nearly everybody buys io,cry tickets In
Brazil, high as we'll low, aud but low win In the
game
Cos morning a negro came along tho terrace, Wild
load hIs mead and both hands In q large eourd,
out oi ~niea be drew quaint naive tune. tooN
to opportunity oi examining tbis strange music box.
vbicY 10 called ''mnriiubn.p A series of thin steel
rods, perhaps ten to fifteen, were nxed on thn
bosra ave six inches square In tDe manner oil nute
Keys, which they somswDat reseinbled, n long ana
short one arrahged alternately the board being Sc
cured IN the large part OF the ary calaUasn Grasp
lug ~ with his nngers beneath ana his thumbs on the
keys, he produced quite n nvsly air. uave heard
the violps, No called, played Dy the natives of the
upper Nile, and they are not more curious. Inc
strlBgs ore made OF bVrschair ana the BODY or the
o tho instrument Is composed Of empty cocoa
nut gourd covered with sheepskih but the sounds
produced by these rude instruments do not compare
In melody with The rude trument of The naive