CHAPTER XV.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF RIO.—ORGAN MOUNTAINS.

Voyage from Ceará.—Freshets at Pernambuco.—Arrival at Rio.—Collections.—Vegetation about Rio as compared with that on the Amazons.—Misericordia Hospital.—Charities connected with it.—Almsgiving in Brazil.—Insane Asylum.—Military School.—The Mint.—Academy of Fine Arts.—Heroism of a Negro.—Primary School for Girls.—Neglected Education of Women.—Blind Asylum.—Lectures.—Character of a Brazilian Audience.—Organ Mountains.—Walk up the Serra.—Theresopolis.—Visit to the St. Louis Fazenda.—Climate of Theresopolis.—Descent of the Serra.—Geology of the Organ Mountains.—The Last Word. 466–494