The Republican journal., 1892-08-25
ON "A Brazilian Fazenda.

INKS UNDER LOCK AND KEY.
,a1 correspondence of The Journal.
e.u JESUS DA LAPA, BRAZIL, 1892.
aide is the contrast between city living
-.auntry living in Brazil, that the for
,,, having penetrated a few leagues
Me interior, can hardly believe him
among the same race of people. While
.,, Fazendaers of the better class-like
.,,rret, Of Australia and the land own
nj New Zealand, who We're often
o. Of some of the noblest families in
nited kingdom-are gentlemen of
Anon and refinement, familiar with
aest society in their own and other
.-ries. and maintaining comfortable
q. uu their rural estates, there is a
numerous class who live but a de
., Aetter than the pigs they raise; and
lAc former have risen above the
Icvs hcqueathed to them by Portu-
ucOslors. particularly as regards the
-rg~ of the latter are not much bet
liam those OF the Turks. But all
uS. high on low, are alike in show
nlunded hospitality toward the
.af within their gates and though a
.,.,-l. comes To them without introduce
luv sort. he is welcomed literally
upen arms and piled with the very
lr house affords as long as lie can
1Oed to remain, proving that the
.ustomary greeting This casa is
ME-, ,ll in it is at your disposal, and
-,lVant is not entirely an empty
We have visited a number of cot
flee and sugar fazendas in various
F., ot the country and the aggregate
- hi experience among middle-class
s.-.., in remote rural districts may be
I, summed up in an account OF the last
Gom which we just retulned-to an
-,n.iye sugar estate, situated half day S
g,sv tbv calliage), from BON Jesus,
named Batalha, in remembrance Of
rand old abbey i'll Portugal. After
10. bumped across the surrounding
rib with its innumerable man-traps in
4 5.t1,e OF almadilla holes and ant hills
ae~erted diamond washings, our
4 4y along a road bordered by orange
4 nes flonted by hedges overrun by
s.. ming cTeepers. interspersed by
i and breadfruit trees. The last
\ Md. uee> are no longer much cultivated
II -ail. the use of their fruit having
! ,aperceded by farinha, but they are
qauted for shade and ornament, us
TOW rapidly and to great size. Their
bright green leaves are much in
m, lt The edges and the huge dark
sut which is apparently >eedlesS
ni- a surface that looks like network.
aa means to be despised as an article
.l when baked and eaten with salt,
ul, owing to it, protentiou~ name
-nw some rather erroneous IDEAS OF
I'LL We found Il typical Brazilian
house and chapel, a, essentially
-ncsc in construction and arrange
As il thty stood in some interior val
n IprtuGal-with traces of the Mooro
s III a very large, square mansion,
eips high. with walls OF plastered
Eaui over hanging root of Indian REQ
,tl KY coated with mold and parasitic
1t is surrounded ON all sides 10y {.
>y sort Of Neranda. OF more properly
lziu4. by series OF deep. archcd inches
into the walls, t1oored with brick anC
NH by lean-to roof of tiles. The
ugazed windows are set close VI
the caves. as if the architect were
,lSt to fresh air as Noah must have
when he built the Ark, and only the
rpums are inhabited-th that is by
uS The ground floor is partly use,
u.ling and storage, but most Of it
vltSs. loorless and deserted-is
oNrl to stray pigs, sheep and fowls
tcntipedes, snakes and other wall
- denominations. The great, bare.
H. he more than sufficient for til,
nj the family; yet the ''gues
l1, to which | was conducted will
-aativc flourish Of trumpets, had al
uol's occupied by sundry piles %
saddles, panniers of dried beef
Aerou> casks of Goldfish, kits of mack
and goodness knows what. and wa
uwcnt of any sort OF window OF othe
'Gr leading to outside air, as OF TIL
Aiv toilet articles that most peop!
lef indiSpensible Windowless sleep
II hutmcntS are common Throughout
aal even ia some OF the grandest. bu
II palaces OF Rio-owing, probably t.
Portuguese idea that night air is IN
e>"ne. As in most country houses
ltltiOliS at Batalha are carried Onl'
iAflt way to the roof, 50 that til
without windows receive modi
ut Chit and air from the general sup
thc house, So to speak, and what
II pay be going on in one apartment i
Httly audible i'll all the others. w
, 't So late in the evening that ther,
ome for nothing but enthusiast
lfga before being shown to bed-o
NJ lammoeks, for in the hot countl
: 5rboIing touches and mattresses al
l.DM IN iaNnr hoo much cannot b