I said nothing. But I thought to myself that in the pursuit of happiness not even the most favoured escape some setbacks.
FOOTNOTES:
[42] In Brazil there are none of the half-houses of the Argentine and Uruguay. The Brazilian eye loves, on the other hand, bright colours. The houses are therefore daubed with blue, yellow, and red, which harmonise as they may with the green background.
[43] A sack contains 60 kilogrammes.
[44] Like Florida in Buenos Ayres, Ouvidor in Old Rio still remains, notwithstanding its inadequate dimensions, the principal business thoroughfare of the town.
[45] The Flumineuse is the native of Rio. There is no excuse for people who, knowing that there is no river in Rio, yet insist on being named after a stream (flumen) that is non-existent.
[46] The Rio harbour, built by the English for a French company, represented in 1907 eight millions tonnage entered and cleared.
[47] The father of Baron de Rio Branco, Minister under the Emperor Dom Pedro II., is the author of the Law of the Ventre Libre, which emancipated all slaves to be born in the future. In remembrance of this measure, which preceded the abolition of slavery, a statue has been raised to him in one of the Rio parks.
[48] The vote of a senator belonging to the Church party.
[49] The Emperor Dom Pedro II. is kindly remembered. Every one speaks of him with respectful sympathy.