The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-10-13

LE-EGG HUNT.
,pecial Correspondence of The Journal.
PARA, BRAZIL, Sept. ], 1892. This
, If the high sounding title-''Santa
: ,t1ia de Helen do Grao Para lis situat-
IN the southern shore of the southern
uth of The Fathers OF Waters, about
Dtv miles above the Atlantic; and di-
ntly opposite to it, though many miles
way on account of the great width of the
u is Maraio, pronounced Nah rah-ho,
uting the last SYLLABLE the most Won
4 ,t,l aS we'll as the largest of all the Am
,rin islands. 1t is more extensive than
iul an old World principality, having
,5perticial area of ten thousand square
d, and presenting rocky barrier, one
nJred and fifty miles long by one hun
miles wide in the broadcast part.
N has compelled even the mighty river
N cuts a continent in twain and
s..un~ every other obstruction away like
before the wind. to tun aside and
~ ground it.
llult halt OF Maraio is covered With
-, forests. which have never been much
ncd except by few adventurous
bcl-h hunters for the caoutchouc- tree
0.uGs The other half is one immense,
-undulating compoS, OF prairie dot
With beautiful groves and covered
Grass. which looks from the deck of
~sing steamer precisely like an Eng
MrI laid out 10y a landscape gardner
l nearer view dispell> amy such illu-
ag 1t is crossed and crisis crossed i'll
RS direction by a perfect network OF
..ll streams. which overflow after every
fay season and form dangerous swamps
uagmircs, the home of huge water
scs and enormous alligators. | saw
4lrcass of one OF the latter residents
lnlaio which measured twenty seven
from tip to tip. but was not con
ltj of uncommon size. There are
.-,dts also and those strange and say
features called ounces, pronounced
..f-ces.) and other beasts of prey which
prone to give unNary ramblers rather
warm a welcome The natural adj
rIgeS of Maraio for the raising of
~.~ and cattle were discovered 10y the
first settlers OF Brazil. As early as
wear 1854 its grassy plains had been
,.,pcbac and la
a1lced from Cape Nerde Island. The
increased with such marvellous rap
that soon IT, paternaI government,
300 unexpected spasm OF thrlftiness,
d has not often REQUIRED, levied a
w tax on horned cattle and derived
HE revenues therefrom. In course of
.wo and half centuries since their
uetion, lmeounted millions of cattle
~es have found untimely graves in
4a1>hcs and quagnires. and ounces,
and alli9ators have destroyed as
more.
a iug the inst quarter nj the present
uy 81 good horse might be bought or
Stand fol one dollar: but in 1921 a
,ud terrible disease broke out among
q -r~t-~ and hilled vast numbers OF them ::
.tt NOW days horses hercahout> are
mely scarce and dear. BEING all inn
u from Southern Brazil. The great
.-ll4gue is still much talked about
III, day traces pt it lcatpear. y
.etrs ago it suddenly cropped out ON
and If MeNiana. not fan from Mar
nd in five days every horse ou the
was dead. 1t is said that the dis
never attacks horned cattle. and
.fsch first in the back and loins Of
so that it Immediately loses the
It's hind legs The brazilian GOV
10 sent ii man to France to study
l and veterinary surgery, IN hopes
last the disease; but without any good
r. and the only thing now done TO an
s no matter how valuable, when
pd LEGS begin to drag, is to pat him
his misery with rifle ball. Many
I }else reasons are given as to the
j 1ai cause. Some say it arose from the
I .al the government sold to Il Port
4 the right TO kin ten thousand ma1cs
I Aalajo. (tor what purpose | cannot
I and that the man actually did kill
many more than that number; aud
earcasses, being left to rot on the
] aims under a tropic sun, poisoned
4 -lasses and bred the eradicable pes
ep Others assert, with equal posi-
a>s. that it is a sort OF hydrophobia
4 -lft down thousands OF miles from
"iltls OF the upper Amazon, where
attacked the togs; then the Zero
i IFel-hogs; then the alhgatorS: and
i jhc horses But by far the greater
4 VI ot people, including All the igno-
4 'Wcl classes believe that the calami-
special dispensaton of Provi-
sent to punish the inhabitants OF
tol neglectng 10 build church
'" show proper respect to the Saints
fiesta days; but if that be true il
4 pity that the human delnquents
4 H1t made to suffer instead Of unof-
a4 Iuimals
i1y we hired 'montalia manneo
-ht Indians. and were rowed over tt
sand. BY the way. there are few
-n I'M Para Dt none interest TO lt