Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

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Petropolis.--Summer Residence of the Citizens of Rio.--Brief Sketch of the late Royal Family.--Dom Pedro's Palace.--A Delightful Mountain Sanitarium.--A Successful but Bloodless Revolution.--Floral Delights.--Mountain Scenery.--Heavy Gambling.--A German Settlement.--Cascatinha.--Remarkable Orchids.--Local Types.--A Brazilian Forest.--Compensation 201