The Brazil is of such prodigious extent, that it will be impossible for it to arrive even at a medium state of perfection under the dominion of one government. Its prominent boundaries, now that Monte Video is in the possession of the Portuguese, may be geographically considered the river Amazons and the Atlantic on the north; the river Plate on the south; the ocean on the whole of its prolonged range of eastern coast; and the great rivers Madeira, &c. running north; the Paraguay and Uruguay stretching south to the river Plate, on the west; although the two provinces of Solimoes and Guianna, north of the Amazons, and actually subordinate to the governor of Para, carry its northern boundaries, politically speaking, almost as far as the Oronocos, making its length upwards of forty degrees. Its greatest width is about thirty degrees, from Cape St. Augustin to Point Abuná, upon the margin of the river Madeira. This vast region, comprising nearly two millions of square miles, is now divided into twenty-two provinces, including the two mentioned above, viz. Guianna } Para } Maranham } Siará } Rio Grande, North } Parahiba } Pernambuco } All bordering in Seregipe d’El Rey } part upon the Bahia } coast. Porto Seguro } Espirito Santo } Rio de Janeiro } St. Paulo } St. Catharina } Rio Grande, South } Mato Grosso } Paraná } Uruguay } Solimoes } Interior provinces. Piauhy } Minas Geraes } Goyaz }