CHAPTER XV.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF RIO.—ORGAN MOUNTAINS.

Voyage from Ceará.—Freshets at Pernambuco.—Arrival at

Rio.—Collections.—Vegetation about Rio as compared with that

on the Amazons.—Misericordia Hospital.—Charities connected

with it.—Almsgiving in Brazil.—Insane Asylum.—Military

School.—The Mint.—Academy of Fine Arts.—Heroism of a

Negro.—Primary School for Girls.—Neglected Education of

Women.—Blind Asylum.—Lectures.—Character of a Brazilian

Audience.—Organ Mountains.—Walk up the

Serra.—Theresopolis.—Visit to the St. Louis Fazenda.—Climate

of Theresopolis.—Descent of the Serra.—Geology of the Organ

Mountains.—The Last Word. 466–494

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