The general reader may not be peculiarly interested with that portion of this publication which details the towns and their productions, and in which monotony is unavoidable, although they will be valuable as references for the merchant and many others, as, with the evidently growing commerce of this fine country, already taking off annually three million of British manufactures, each of those places will progressively become more and more important. The plates, which are amongst the best in their style, are executed, by an able artist, upon stone, from sketches taken on the spot; and the map is formed by myself from the materials of the Work. The Appendix is explanatory of the objects in Zoology and Phytology, which would not have been generally understood by their native designations; and I must here apologize to the reader for not presenting them in scientific nomenclature. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Page _Voyage from England to Rio de Janeiro_ 1 CHAP. II. _From the first discovery down to the arrival of the Royal Family there, and its present division into provinces--The general character of the Indians_ 12 CHAP. III. PROVINCE OF RIO DE JANEIRO. _Its colonization--contests with, the French and Tamoyo Indians--expulsion of the French--foundation of St. Sebastian--boundaries--division into comarcas--mountains--principal rivers--lakes--bays--capes--islands--mineralogy--zoology-- phytology--cities and towns--boundaries, towns, and productions of the comarcas of Ilha Grande and Parahiba Nova--boundaries of the comarca of Rio de Janeiro--the metropolis--situation--English burial-ground--streets--royal mode of riding--compulsory homage upon the occasion--churches--convents--Gloria Hill--female convents--visit to one--fountains--visit to the aqueduct--squares--palace--public buildings--public garden--library--manufactories--theatre--roads leading from the city--palace of St. Christovao--troops of miners and others from the interior--Gaza de Don Pedro--royal mill, shacara, and stables--fire-works--Beija Mao--fidalgos and higher orders of society--splendour of churches--royal chapel--religious festivals and observances--funeral processions--catacombs--the host--state of society--markets_ 31 CHAP. IV. PROVINCE OF RIO DE JANEIRO--_continued_.