The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-28
Bahia, San Salvador.

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..--rA. BRAZIL, June 18th. Every day
n, set foot in Rio de Janeiro. three
N, ago, has been a dog day-the
,ticky moldy heat in no wise to be
led DN a thermometer, (Which seldom
.bove ninety tive degrees; } and every
M has been worse than the days, dark
ringing no alienation of the clammy
mtolt. but increased activity to all
uri.sling, crawling, stluirming and
.iua pests that infest this lovely
I.k att Inferno. Feeling that moth
.n.ir nt a sea- voyage would relieve
.~itulc brought on by SO long breath
.., pNVgenlesS air. we determined to
a luu to Bahia ANOTHER Brazilian
.t4 one thousand miles north from
udvr favorable circumstances the
5pj,~ four days: and right here a
ad1ice. II ever you find Yourself
make this "trip, don't take a
steamer, though dozens of them
u- ia he harbor and You may be
.I..,i 'o wait a week for some north
a- English on German vessel.
p5~rels are continually plying up
r hut they are invariably officer
qMcd and cooked. 81 to speak. 10y
9 'ortugucsc, and in neither capac-
>eimS Of the Ibel'ian peninsula a
.Ated success. One can have plenty
.a 81 kncsS on the broad and bolster
Mlutic without inviting it by villain
M vile smells, filth and velmin,
Ulcers and profane, careless UNI
t.t hours out from the ''River of
mrN when the colossal peaks of
aud the Sierra dos Orgoas, which
.tr earned to love ike human friends.
-loNn dim and DINNER and finally
,ao1 from view-we find ourselves
as nj Cape Fro, of school geography
Nhich in those days we We're erro-
,y ttught to pronounce Fry oh, The
d m,ss Of granite towering perpendic-
.t Uut OF the water marks the spot
1r fh, coast line forms a right angle
niug abruptly to the north. A
rteded lighthouse stands at its foot,
4r ,ause of its building lies rotting
De,ow-the remains of the English
ere. Ihetis. You remember how the
rwud- bound vessel, running at ten
rs 4n hour. was dashed against this
wink IN the darkness of night and re-
ta kindling wood in an instant; and
0.>t of the officers and crew manag-
save themselves by crawling up the
lccipict ont of reach OF the dash
,.l} and clinging to projections Of
5 J IcSeued two days later by pass
,p. Not far above this point the
lilo Parahiha PUSHES to the Sra and
..j, Turns into it, having business Ia
..Dr at san Salvador. tipurishing vii
IT'S left bank, twenty miles above.
grounding region known as the
.- dos Goyatallazes. 0lainS ot the
hal Indians is extremely fer
a., produces the best sugar made
~. We had only an hour ashore.
7t is enough to view the lit
KS with its we'll paved streets and
amtahle casas shaded by mango trees.
a-A the world knows comparatively
ne of san salvador. it appears to he
more progressive place than san
ad its commerce quite as extensive
sugar. rum and rice, instead of coffee,
-rH leagues beyond the disembogue-
i the Parahiba, we find ourselves
a- lose along the shore of classic
he great Espirito Santo holy
ST province. which embraces the an
aptaincV of that name and part OF
ro SECURE. This is the portion of Bra
Z Il md haro + ~,
lanatarics settled: vet it is far more
y populated than in aboriginal days
almost wholly unimproved. Its rich
adapted to sugar cane and coffee,
IFS forests are full of the most preci-
woods and useful drugs; yet vast
us are still roamed over by savages,
make occasional plundering raids
. a lew settlements. 1t is the old story
Whitt, true of all tropical countries,
4e nature has furnished the people
HltntV to live on ,ithout work
c1 Jie banana and black man flourish
'N SUE ne oIuuSuCS' dlN Ilot ttIi
1>rous race, and of course not much
'hr Ilne Of progress can be expected
a the negroes, the only working class
.t wuntry. But the last half century
.tea some improvement, even here.
eUnting the nomad Indians, there
Nu 100, 600 people, (mostly farmers
r vast province and railroad is
Foo, pt. In 1910 there were only seven
nary schools III the whole territory,
now there are lat schools, mostly sus-
.-d by the government.
n4 the coast, however, in all the
sand miles between Rio and Bahia,
l. not a single port OF city of conse-
.ace 81 a road worth the name leading
lie interior. or a navi9ated stream
tlf the Parahiba. SO far as | can
fla, ,,,,.e,,n ,Ih., avn