| Transcriber's note: The spelling of the original has been retained. This includes varied spellings of some words and names. |
JOURNAL
OF A
VOYAGE TO BRAZIL,
AND
RESIDENCE THERE,
DURING PART OF THE YEARS 1821, 1822, 1823.
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By MARIA GRAHAM.
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ONCE MORE UPON THE WATERS, YET ONCE MORE,
AND THE WAVES BOUND BENEATH ME AS A STEED
THAT KNOWS HIS RIDER.
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND J. MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
1824.
Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
| PREFACE. PLATES. VIGNETTES. INTRODUCTION. JOURNAL. SECOND VISIT TO BRAZIL. APPENDIX. |
PREFACE.
Although the Journal of a voyage to Brazil, and of a residence of manymonths in that country, was not written without a view to publication atsome time; yet many unforeseen circumstances forced the writer to pausebefore she committed it to press, and to cancel many pages recordingboth public and private occurrences.
Perhaps there is even yet too much of a personal nature, but what issaid is at least honest; and if the writer should suffer personally bycandour, the suffering will be cheerfully borne.
As to public events, all that can be new in the Journal is the bringingtogether facts which have reached Europe one by one, and recording theimpression produced on the spot by those occurrences which might beviewed in a very different light elsewhere. Some have, no doubt, beendistorted by the interested channels through which they have reached thepublic; some by the ignorance of the reporters; and most by the partyspirit which has viewed either with enthusiasm or malignity theacquisition of freedom in any quarter of the globe.
The writer does not pretend to perfect impartiality, for in some casesimpartiality is no virtue; but knowing that no human good can beattained without a mixture of evil, she trusts that a fair picture ofboth has been given, although it has cost some pain in the writing.
Of the natives of the country, or of those engaged in its service, whatis said, whether of those still employed or of those no longer in theempire, was written under the impression of the moment; and the writer'sconfidence in the good sense and justice of the Brazilian government andpeople is such, that she leaves the passages as they stood at the momentof writing.
The events of the last three years in Brazil have been so