Hunting a home in Brazil

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By J. McF. GASTON, M. D., COLUMBIA, S. C.
Late Surgeon Confederate Army.
PHILADELPHIA:
KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, No. 607 SANSOM STREET.
1867.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
J. McF. GASTON, M. D.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The present publication is the result of observations made during an extended tour in the central portion of Brazil.
The most ample facilities for exploring the territory were afforded by the authorities of the empire, and more especially by that high-toned gentleman and liberal-minded statesman, Conselheiro Dom Antonio Francisco de Paula e Sousa, to whose personal and official support is due whatever of value may attach to this collection of facts.