The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-21

~ these brisk little vessels woe either
MING close 20 us or sailing rnund ana
round a- the occupants waving hats
and hHrGkorchiefe. shouting statutes and
throwing kisses ~ friends ana aclualut-
-n~"- ON board Nothing could Doc uoro
Spontaneously ELUSIVE than IL Brazilian
welcome. II literally breaks out of
bounds and overfovs iu looks. words
gestures Some ~ Guy colder Northern
FOLKS do n1t like 10. and turn up their
noses 20 #. But % me it is very agree
able because it is $50 cXcoe6frri~ nat
urtl ana possibly also because there is
somewhat more than dash of Latin
blood ir mT nwu veins The sight ~ a
number ~ wy OWE friends ou one ~
tile launches was "a most agreeable SEN
-lron TO Doe received in So gracious
way on ID foreign shore w-s no small
matter
Tho customs oH-ais examined our
hand baggage on the ships deck and
eid 10 in most eentlenaniy manner
Instead - assuming THAI we were % srt
80 robbers. anxious 90 defragd the gov
eminent ~ its JUST revenues. they
seemed 20 take u fp~ granted That We
were honest and decent people and or-
tfIel 90 he en treated Tn little ufte
no said good hy right heartily 20 Cap-
tain olls and other friends and went
ASHORE glad o. Do at the end 90 the
FIRST stage 70 our voyage our trunks
w"~o scrt to pho custom house. where
we were ahie % claim diem the same
afternoon There also tile prevailing
r-ie i- ono ~ courtesy though o.ra-
s.0rai'r an ofirial. conscious % his sta-
zion. busters almost as wlrh as rude
auorc can. The inspection ~ my effects
was nor vor, thorough. possibly horaus.
fhe Inspector f.dgcs from uv appear
ar.r that WAS not likely g. ho oter-
loado1 WITH dGtahi- articles ~ any kind
though tha presence - NJ Tucker long
resident ~ Rio. as witness 90 my
trustworthiness. may have had some
effect
While passing 7 VIII take occasion o.
say tatt THO Brazilian tlrIT IS vers high.
and covers articles ~ export a4 Wei a-
those ~ import. Tho import duties. as
with us 20 o. tie Federal government.
h.t tho export duties are distributed 10
the various states. each state ectt.nc
What is imposed on IRIS own products.
Beautiful Bay.
There can Doe no dol5t that the Rav or
bio is ir an respects ono OF the most
beautiful in the world. After having seen
Gle bays 20 san Francisco. CIenfuecos
ard Naples. ] ann compelled to award il
tac palm above them all Many persons
ten ne that il falls short OF tho BAY
~ sydney and DO is not possible for
inc t0 deny tho correctness OF such "a
t tN shall have had "the sensible
and true aHouch of mine own eyes
Imagine first of ALL a sheet OF water
sixteen miles long. varying i'm breadth
from two % eleven miles. and having.
OWNS go jas irregular outline r.r-
conference of over ONE hundred miles
Tho ocean entrance is from the sourh-
eastern direction. with the islands OF
Pal aud Mai-father and mother-on the
right and lAla Do Raza with its light
house. and other scwi-barren islands.
or the left. This entrance is less than
one mile in width. and SO straicnt ana
free from obstructi0ns that no pilots
are needed. though once in a while at
rHro intervals. q ship drifts upon .
rock and is lost. IT is guarded on hoth
sides hy fortressas Of great strength
equipped with the most powerful Krllrn
suns. and could hardly ho passed b,. any
hostile vessel especially in these DAYS
az submarine boats and floating tor
Irdoor. The Portuguese when they first
saw D. in 1872. mistook il for the mouth
Of great river. and hence called IL the
River Of January from the month Of
its discovery. AS q matter Of fact IL
does receive the waters of eighteen or
twenty small rivers. and these are grad
ually filling its upper part with vast
quantities az silt carried down I'm times
of flood from the surrounding highlands
WITHIN its ample limits are included nearly
Aln.Ied islands. many Of which are
mere rocky projections above the surface
OF the water. bat not "A few are large
iert'e anG inhabited
Coast Picturesque.
Tile coast roundabout is mountainous
ana picturesque i'm tAe extreme. ON mo
rght 81 is a perfect sea Of hills. with
here ana There granite peak that
stretches back To the distant ranges or