The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-04-14
= ,aities of Life in Brazil.

BILLS THAT LOOK BIG But
4 @s 81 To LITTLE.
| "a .olrespondence of the journal. |
/ ..1>NE1Ro, Brazil, March LIST. As
4 fatries where heavy duties are i'm
4 ,n imported goods, Rios port reg
i ~. a,e extremely rigorous and often
| .,os. All incoming vessels are re-
10 drop anchor off Fort Villegag-
.,muonly known as the ''Pico'-
4 t.re await the coming of the health
i ..,ons officials Those gentlemen
! .ec,r own leisurely time for it, and
,rtenicnce must be awaited, how
I lucrative your reasons for expedi-
4 IF the steamer happens to have az
ual lhe dinner hour. Give p. IN. is
ism rule for that most important
neal the fashionable time for
/, ss1ing in the Rua do Ouvidor-say
A cartier; vi if fiesta happens to
"a NAlo>S. or one of the political
! .u.rions So numerous in the new
ju attention viii be paid to it
Ime next day, and meanwhile,
mcJtlnn whatever IS permitted
4 ship and shore, not even so
4 j. message to waiting friends, OF
II catch the outgoing mail.
Il O0aantiHe be imposed, as it is
!. la likely to be during seasons of
though there may not be a case
II .ess ON board. the vessel is sent
A mOI TO llha Grande, sixty miles
N1>t There is no accounting
asYItiue regulations, especially in
scare We experienced their I'M
lan,sS To the full a few years ago.
n, n4 among the West Indies. Be
ship had passed place where
n was aging-though no passen-
n ibhtli vi tilClC. diltl uobttlN
n .>.oIe but the Pllrser on his regular
Il Is. we were not allowed to come
IA Woe miles of any port. Though
n luI on board was ill: we could not
l Nmtiniquc, Barbados, st. Thomas,
3ny of the places we had come to see ::
! send ashore for the longed- for home
N waiting in the Consul office, nor
hara Nose we had written during the
h. Passengers who must land, were
bptlcd to spend fifteen days at the
kalne >tation-a pest house to which
\ assigned the leprous and diseased
&apv glasS and all nationalities. in
he -hanccs were few for person
h n1ea in perfect health to come out
Ii l nj of half month.
b 1- our number was a charming
b auly who had been visiting in
b uu, were coming to their home at
! at ct course they were obliged
b ottik at Martinique; and a mourn
4unNs>ion they made-husband wife
y odfeM and three servants. being
H. r1JY to the desert quarantine is
bid Give custody of officers. like climi-
ak h.tI~ by the yacht of the Health
u.~"lrn with its significant yellow
Iwl tile family were rich and
Na All in good health, nothing
81 ,a1 bem- simply because they
f1ke passage ON Il steamer
~ Stopped at an infected port sew
ri md miles below the place where
e brerd. y year later, happening
3D. a-ain the captain of the same
3 I'D more fortunate voyage, /
aNcr the guaranteed family
WNui with SORROW that the husband
ta'.of the children died of yellow
q "4uWtcd 1T the pest house.
|Abol tea years ago the Brazilian all-
4 rs erected a costly quarantine sta
4 fGnl Island, ulhe Grande) and
\ tleir money back long ago. from
4 srS fixed by law. for their com
D"anlcrS. The rates are as fol
y I~t class passengers must pay
n sand leiS per diem, for semi-star
'lllalnouS food: second class, =, :
luS lird class 500 refs; children be-
'"lu and ten years old, half rates
'g"con one and four years, one third
lhcn all the baggage must be dis
"a 'he charges being one thousand
u N klogramme-and the ordinary
"a Viii weigh many kilogrammes.
'ces> To protest that nothing is the
| with Your luggage and you don t
fi~lniccted, 1t must undergo the
f'' "t be dumped into the bay and
HN' pay for it all the same.
a' Of merely quarantine "observa-
\ which is usually from "A to is
i Vice vessel is required to anchor off
I" point but that is no hardship il
''''l'tSN Is not urgent, for the glori-
'Ie" IMPLY compensates for being
"lie0 % endure sea food and stutfy
/ '0on a while longer. The ship lies
' ''r old navigators allied ''Thret
Bay. between Icarahy beach.
l1lHcd alike for its beauty and its
ann the rocky peninsula which
'A'N by the celebrated Fortaleza dc
.tIl. One never wealies of this
"D'rol halbor, which surpasses thai
IN'H IN the Golden Horn. The whole
0" hundred miles in circumference
lAoed by peaked and turreted hills
ny one behind the other in ever,
i ''hr poSition-some bare, other: