| Show r rT r MU T TI I LANDING I AT RIO DE JANEIRO I Difficulties D Besot Foreigners o r In n r 3 3 Bondholder on Fifty w tru Ul t lu ru n t l I 5 Special Corro Itlo Ho de dt Janeiro Brazil 30 1811 l am al not Iol to bore with witha wll a 0 de of t the unrivaled beauties s sor of or bay bl for other havo done donI It time time by history and Ild tradition they even eln elnore more ore entrancing than IhAn when wh n the ancient cl them tho that thal Janu n IlY ry day III a n little mote than tour four ecu cell ago Igo when through tho Iho narrow llew Y from the Into Inlo the mouth of at the bay II they thoy fancied themselves entering the mouth of ot a 1 mighty aher that led to the I Land and ald forthwith christened christene It Il Hlo Ho Hote de te of or January tram from the month In II which tho event evelt oc oe curr There Is 11 th the Pao Ia de for tor the tha entrance nn all It rises abruptly from the tho f Ren n the tho with wih Its Us on top lop which h human foot has never scaled Corcovado the tho colossal des el CobrA the tho Island of ot den It of ot rate rals and all fl tho rest rOlt of ot them en enclosed closed dOled na ni by n tho misty back ground ot mountains rd In eternal verdure the white city Jh Its Us towers In the tore fore foreground ground surrounded by b an 81 theater of ot rugged so 10 dark lark und Ind frowning that they Ih the calm of tt the water r the Iho of at perpetual r Landing nt nl no Hlo Is II a a IR of ot time patience An Al In Il nil all countries hero heavy dulla dut are Imposed on 01 Imported i Roods goods port regulations arc ex ox extremely rigorous But often oton vexatious All Incoming required to drop anchor oft off Fort Jorl agnon commonly called calel the thein the coming of ot the health h customs Thena Ink hike their own leisurely time for i It nd you tl must wait their convenience however Imperative your reasons 1 for expedition tion If the tho tn to I steamer happens havo arrived near the dinner hour live o p in t IM 11 the tho Braian rule rulo for tor that most Im Important of oC the day da or tho fashionable for promenading In Inthe the tho Run ni do say an hour or 01 If I n siesta l Is II In progress or one of ot the political demonstrations to o nun roust in I this now public no attention will wil be pRill to 10 It till tl come Bome time next day cia and lU no linn 1101 whAI r IH tM between and shore hor not lol even eln HO 10 an ni H 1 to In friends trl or letters leler to catch nil In outgoing H Should be he NI d 11 a Is 18 Ismore more than likely during of domic though there thore may not be n B case of or board the vessel on em eel IH sent nay 11 buck lo In 60 0 down the coast calt There Is 18 no accounting l for quarantine regulations especially e In limes of or scare Tho ho costly cost quarantine station on which the authorities erect ril I a I few rew ngo has hll paid for tor Iem over oer and over Ier from the by b law IR W for tor their or boarders The arc lre ns I follows must pay ron 1011 per diem for on villainous food 2300 30 ell SOU 60 relA children between tour four ami ten len lentIS ears old and between otic and al tour four yeara ears old oll rates rAt R Then all tho baggage must be disinfected dl ln the charge being one thousand II rII H r II T kilogram nd tho ordinary will weigh many kilograms wil I I I It II Ii I useless to 10 protest nothing Is II the matter mater with your our ale and you Ol dont Ilont want It disinfected It I must undergo the tle or be he dumped dump d ln In to II tho Iho bay 18 and you ou must mus pay for Co It Il IlAl all Al the In cases ru o of or morel merely quarantine tine lne h Is usually from 21 to 48 hours tho I II U I re e to anchor oft lr point but hit Is 18 no 10 hardship K IC ones bus new n Is not nl urgent for tor the glorious lew amply compensates for being corn I m rolled to 10 endure seafood and stuffy awhile longer The ship lies 11 In what the navigators call Fathoms bay b between h leach Is alike Ilke for tor HB ls beauty and Ild Ha HI bathing and ald the Ih rocky peninsula I which Is I around hy h the celebrated Fort aleA Santa Clu This la II most Important In strength RUI Inaccessibility In bUl and If picturesque as 1 d It I In 1808 1696 and has been hecl greatly enlarged and strengthen ed Nt It I hold hollM a large I rge garrison and h I well 11 with wih modern cannon of or the most moet approved type Standing nt at the toot foot of or two rocky peaks It IIA In farther defended d ort on the outside beach berh ly by n strong water atel IUM the nim Aum 1 abon l II by b the small but bul Impregnable Forte orte do Olca The only approach to 10 the Iha Pico Plu fortifications U Is through tho Ihn S III Cruz fortress below helow that In tun la I Ibl only by water valor Then there Is thu de d Lr go built buit upon n 1 I s rock i the tho site AHe of ot tho attempted In of or January Its Is ton constructed nearly font hundred years ago possesses no nb groat strength hut but Is III position gives It Immense ad Mintage In Its out of ot tho th Klel rock rok below t nw I prisoners Jl oner of at tAtO used to lie be Incarcerated and gruesome taleB are told of ut how hol ft II part of O tho punishment con consisted of or tho water In nt regular Intervals when tho wretched prisoners url WOO obliged to for their lives or dru rata In II a hole holo After permission has been ben given by the auto nUlo autocrats of ot tho houie for Cor freo treo with wih tha tho shore the tho malls mails first disembarked then the thelt steamer lt 01 1 or proceeds ds to 10 the upper anchor ngo where the thE pal and their luggage lug discharged CU lonK rials nic Me nt once put on board who remain night and day dl at lt their posts tB until the steamer Is again rendy rod for Cor JO sea All Ai baggage Is IR tient directly to the tho CUP cU torn house where passengers nl cnn can claim It nt nn time tm between nine u II m I and two p I m Nothing tan In be passed on board without special permission not even your our or It I Is 18 a B wise wlee to pack tho fan faw Heeded for tor a B day or two Into a n grip Mrk lk and leave tho Iho trunks to their fate tute until you ou arc established In n II hotel NCI I Ono hould remember that passports required both on entering and leaving and no steamship enterinG com company pany lally la II permitted to tell a n ticket to a 1 foreigner until his passport has been ben properly at III the central police station There la II also a I port regulation which forbids any communication with vessels sHel In II tho harbor after nUo eight p II in I without special permit Therefore If you 01 have havo gone gon ashore merely mere for tor n I look about town and alil are tro with wih the language you would bettor bett r keep nn eyo ero on o your our watch not put faith In the tho rosy ro lights that linger long on the mountain tops after the tho sun lun hl disappeared Unless s you Ol want to spend some un UI hours hurs In prison and re require rl quire tho services of ot the U B 1 consul consullo lo 10 get you ou out In tho meanwhile the ship may rail eal 01 The place on shore that n foreigner generally Meek Is 18 the establishment of ot tome cr In order to 10 hl hl American gold or 0 Fn or tho coin of oC the last country countr ho visited Into tho circulating medium of ot And very cry much will he h ho lu when the changer handl over a R huge pile of oC metal copper brass Iron Iroll and looks like Iko old oll pewter plates pIntos stove lids tho ponderous brass brasH toss tags that landlords attach to 10 door keys keB to prevent them th 1 from frolO being curried cUrrl d ort oft In Urn of ot their patrons A very few t W American dollars rs exchange when con cou j Into Inlo the currency of at this coun try tr require n cart rather than a I In which to 10 take It uway wn Mill lUll adheres to the absurd old of or financial enumeration In M h It II lakes 2000 1000 rel to tn tomake make what we WI mil 1111 half it II dollar the word Md tho thu plural of ot real r When i els are at par of Qt them arc worth about live lIe cents American money mOlle What a 11 hard time of ot It 11 Brazil Ian bookkeepers must huo with the thelong theIon long Ion I lines of ot figures which represent tho Ow ordinary commercial transactions of or a banking or mercantile house For I or example a It rea tho unit of oC the mone monetary tary tar Is III written and a Ii I equal to the value aille of of ot the r U H cent Thero Is III no such coin In circulation the smallest being b ID 11 rei A There U II a copper win of 40 a nickel coin of ot tOO rein another of ot SOO Next com en the paper money In notes ol 1000 called There are l II live 10 30 20 30 SO 0 and JOO mUrel numerically expressed this way Then there Ii nn nil Imaginary named a c ceno no which a IJ Is IR ex n on IGOA Ih the 1 i he lI lIo Of o th Ihl r In III equal 1 l I M H hut but of It with lih li limp i iOn On the hI l III of ot the Ihl which hd nil Vim 1111 Pedro and 1111 H II republic ef ot this country i Nov 15 IG mt ISM th waa nt al mr nd haa never been In It haa hi down aa aI low aa 17 centa cente and ud up na H high aa a 10 III tint cent II A coin of old monarchy worth hilt half a 1 cent still circulates largely In Drull and la tit only for paper or to In Ital II too heavy to airy In the pocket No Nobody body botI rv r th tn though they lay around ever evl ao 0 too burd to KM lit away with lIb no of or Ilp r hi I IB K unit till M Mp p n It H lid margin and four the MO JO Th of lit H II r f or f thew tho lO onn OM like a cr rr n blott hlat blotted ed on lurns from and experience 1 hf lIow w little they may buy Til Brazilian rt bean tl 1111 nola n I Imperil di h und nd an excellent nl nf of Dom Jom us II h nearly all 1111 t the II paper money of or the country even en the lacall moW mold and yellow fever lih IM i of the tha Order nf and the th of lit the old aId ne explorers haa hu oh ohan n ed somewhat since the mon monarchy archy arday wua WIl abolished U |
