Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-25

are two routes between Rio de Janeiro and San
Paulo. One by steamer due south to Santos
(the southern terminus of the United States and
Brazilian Mail Steamship line from New York;
and thence over the mountains. forty miles by
rail, all the wav overland $40 miles, by the
Dom Pedro III, Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo
railways.
For the tourist, who desires to see all he can
of the country in the shortest possible time, the
best way il to go by one of the above named
routes and return by the other. But If time Is
no object, the lover of nature and the naturalist
will find far more enjoyment-despite some
hardships and discomforts, in making most
OF the journey over qnfrequented highway,
ard byways. ION the deck OF mule.
Having tried the three ways Of transit we heart
lily commend the latter to those with average
powers Of endurance, who can sleep securely II
need be with the saddle for pillow and the
starry sky for a counterpane. and who have &C
qulred that cheerful indifference to puegas,
poor food and other minor Ills without which
one has no business to be prowling about semi
civilized countries. The sea trip from Rio to
Santos occupies twenty hours, costs $40 and
most of it is made within sight Of the shore.
To go all the way by rail between the Brazilian
capital and San Paulo takes about fourteen ia
tguing hours and costs $3.50.
EoI, DIRTY. DAMP AND UNwHoLEsoME.
Though Of no little consequence CONNER
cially speaking, being the only seaport of the
rich San PaIlo province and the second in the
republic in the value and Importance of its
exports. Santos is so excessively hot, dirty,
damp and unwholesome that the quicker one
can get out of IL the better. In other parts of
the world profane seamen are wont to char
acterize the weather hot sheol, but in
these waters they universally swear by Santos
IN that connection. The town has a population
Of abouE 20 600. most Of whom. however, reside
four miles farther south in a healthier suburb
called the Barra the BARI. reached from the
port By tramvay. Both lie close at the foot of
some emerald hills that environ the crescent
shaped BAY of Saints" and between them q
short, deep river rushes to the sea, permitting
ocean steamers to approach the wharves.At Barra
the bathing facilities are exceptionally fine and
il has bscome the Cape May, Atlantic City or
Manhattan Beach of Brazil, thronged at all
times with health seekers. Many beautiful cot
tages ard villas have been built here, mostly BY
residenJ foreigners. There is a dilapidated but
picturesque fort in the vicinity incompatible
drives along the beach and in the highlands, and
fine views OF the broad Atlantic stretching to
the horizon on the one hand and Q sea of YER
dQre on the other.
RAILWAY RIDE Up THE HILLS.
The railway ride from Santos up the hills to
the city of San P,ulo takes two hours and costs
SIS. The road is forty miles long and was built
BY English engineers. with English capital, and
merely Is a specimen of fine engineering is
worth coming far TO see. 1t climbs the sierra
by four inclined planes, which in less than
five miles overcome an elevation OF 2,552 feet.
The wire cables are an inch and half in diam
eter and powerful engines are located at-the
top of each incline. the steepest of which IL 10
per cent, the train coming up balancing that
going down The road is called the San Paulo
and has been opened about thirty years- Its
original cost was very great running, as it does,
upon the steep tanks Of valleys and up the
Sierra do Mar coast range), where the extra
ordinary amount of stonework required.
Owing TO the peculiar topography Of the section
enormous floods Of rain often fall during a
single storm. In order to draw OF these dan
ge-ous foundations frequent sluices blilt
beneath the roadbed and massive conduits fol-
low along The surface. Notwithstanding every