This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...of cleanliness and civilization and comfort in the midst of--the contrary; and snowy linen, fine glass, pretty furniture, and tempting food seem doubly cheering after our month at Rio; and the last newspapers and magazines, and all the minor comforts and graces that an English lady usually collects around her wherever ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...of cleanliness and civilization and comfort in the midst of--the contrary; and snowy linen, fine glass, pretty furniture, and tempting food seem doubly cheering after our month at Rio; and the last newspapers and magazines, and all the minor comforts and graces that an English lady usually collects around her wherever she pitches her tent, are I am sure never enjoyed more thoroughly than by your husband. To-morrow we are to start for the interior. To-day I have a little surprise for you to wind up with--John and Rowland arrived here half an hour after me! Minas and Rio Railway Resthouse (Fazendinhd) Kilometer 74. Tuesday Everting. I am sorry to say some of my small store of paper is completely spoilt by the p--rsp--n of my horse, but I will begin a letter to you on what remains, damp though it be! Mrs. Hunt asked one or two men to meet us at dinner last night, and among others Mr. Stanley, the chief engineer of the line, in whom I recognised an old acquaintance, a friend of poor John Trevor Barkley's, and one of the group connected with the great Mexican railway business, at which Underdown and I worked so hard. Fancy meeting him, and two brothers-in-law, unexpectedly, at a place of about a hundred inhabitants in the interior of Brazil! The most interesting part of all is that Mr. Stanley is well acquainted with hydraulic mining, and is experienced, practically as well as theoretically, as a gold miner and a Californian explorer. I told you of my lighting upon a grateful bondholder of the Midland of Canada in Mr. Whittle, at Rio; but this, I think, beats even that discovery! At seven o'clock this morning, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, Staples and I, John and Rowland, and an engineer or two, went by special train along the completed portion of the Minas and Rio railroa...
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