Travels in Brazil

Name: Travels in Brazil
Author: Koster, Henry

Koster, Henry

Brazil -- Description and travel; Slavery -- Brazil

TRAVELS

                                  IN

                                BRAZIL.

                                  BY

                            _HENRY KOSTER_.

                                LONDON:

          PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
                          _PATERNOSTER-ROW_.

                                 1816.

      Printed by A. Strahan,
    New-Street-Square, London.

                                  TO

                         ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ.

                           _POET LAUREATE_,

     MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, AND OF THE ROYAL SPANISH
                          ACADEMY OF HISTORY,

                            _THESE TRAVELS_

                             ARE INSCRIBED

                           BY HENRY KOSTER,

                                  IN

                               MEMORIAL

                                  OF

                  AFFECTIONATE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE.

PREFACE.

DURING my residence in Brazil, I had no intention of publishing any
account of what I had seen and heard in that country. Some time after
my return to England, I was encouraged to put together the information
which I might be able to impart. The reader will be more disposed
to excuse what defects he may find, when he is informed that I went
out young, that I did not gather any knowledge of the country in a
systematic manner with the idea of giving it to the public, and that
the idiom of a foreign language is perhaps more familiar to me than
that of my own. But among judicious readers the style of works of this
description will be regarded as of little importance. I have had the
advantage of Mr Southey’s advice and extensive library. I have to thank
Dr. Traill for his aid in preparing the Appendix; though as he did not
see the whole of it, if there are any errors they must be attributed
to me, not to him. The drawings for the plates were executed by a near
relative, from very rough sketches of my own, assisted by description.
The outline of the map is taken from Mr. Arrowsmith’s large map
of South America; and the names and situations of some places are
corrected, and others are inserted from my own knowledge. The plan of
the harbour of Pernambuco was furnished to me by an English gentleman
resident at Recife, who is indefatigable in the search of whatever may
contribute to the increase of knowledge.

                               CONTENTS.

          CHAP. I.

  DEPARTURE from Liverpool.—Arrival at Pernambuco.—The Town
    and Harbour of Recife.—The Governor.—The Trade            Page   1

          CHAP. II.

  Visit to the Governor.—The Climate.—First Ride into the
    Country.—Residence at a Village in the neighbourhood of
    Recife.—Olinda.—Holy Thursday.—Good Friday.—Easter
    Sunday.—Profession of a Friar.—St. Peter’s Day.—Visit
    to a Brazilian Family.—A Dance.—Another Visit to Olinda         12

          CHAP. III.

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