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Journal of a Voyage to Brazil / And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

Chapter 13: THE END
By Lady Maria Callcott
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A travel writer records two extended visits to Brazil, combining a personal journal with a historical introduction and appendix. The narrative interweaves descriptions of towns, harbors, plantations, vegetation, and engraved views, alongside sketches of daily life and social customs. Firsthand observations chronicle political upheaval and the local response to shifts in authority, while candid commentary addresses class divisions and the presence and mechanics of slavery and its markets. The account balances immediate impressions, travel anecdotes, and collected facts to present a multifaceted portrait of the country’s landscape, institutions, and people during a period of notable change.

 

STATEMENT OF PRODUCE.
In the whole province. Produce. Consumption Medium Value.
New Cotton arrobas 225518 11600 3900
Spirits pipes 385 405 60000
Rice alqueires 570079 380945 570
Sugar arrobas 417 20000 3200
Oil canadas 68386 30018 600
Potatoes arrobas 2420 8600 1200
Currie ditas 83 32 2500
Coffee ditas 1020 880 3200
Dry Beef ditas 48924 64200 2000
Wax ditas 37 500 3200
Hides numero 28876 2578 1800
Beans alqueires 3128 3500 1400
Fruits number 36 todas variable
Ginger arrobas 28 6 2400
Mandioc alqueires 207899 198810 900
Treacle barrels 6988 2381 170
Maize alqueires 77172 todo 700
Salt Fish arrobas 15254 todo 1000

 

STATEMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
In the whole Province Employed Existing. Mean Worth. Daily.
P
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 Freemen 19960 35618 ———— de 240 a 326
Slaves 69534 84434 200000 de 160 a 240
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 Oxen 8811 130640 10000 ————
Asses ———— 28 20000 ————
Goats ———— 400 1200 ————
Sheep ———— 1800 2000 ————
Horses 600 12240 20000 ————
Mares ———— 9400 10000 ————
Mules 1100 3200 45000 ————
Ewes ———— 890 1200 ————
Cows ———— 20400 12000 ————
Total Amount of Agriculture 1,897,271,846
Capital employed 27,813,600,000
Number of Farms 4,856
Number of Proprietors 2,683

Note.—The worth is calculated in rees, the 1,000, or milree, being worth 5s. 2d. sterling.

 

THE END

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.

ERRATA. (already corrected)

Page 30. line 20. for hopes read losses.

41. 21. for 1817 read 1807.

45. in the list of ships that remained at Lisbon, last line but one, for Ferlao read Trítaõ.

47. line 12. for Ponta read Ponte.

57. 4. for ambassader read ambassador.

59. 17. for sodier read soldier.

61. 4. for government read governments.

64. in the first line of note † for not read most.

65. line 13. for Custovaõ read Cristovaõ.

69. 6. for Cauler read Caula.

79. 21. for fuchsia read fuschia.

126. 16. for impotation read importation.

130. 23. for nove read nova.

141. 4. from bottom, for Pinja read Piraja.