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A YEAR IN BRAZIL,

WITH NOTES ON THE

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, THE FINANCES
OF THE EMPIRE, RELIGION,
METEOROLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY,

ETC.

BY

HASTINGS CHARLES DENT

C.E., F.L.S., F.R.G.S.

MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
MEMBER OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE, ETC.

WITH TEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO MAPS

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1886

TO

THE LADY BEAUJOLOIS E. C. DENT

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,

AS A TRIBUTE OF

RESPECT, DEVOTION, AND GRATITUDE,

BY HER DUTIFUL SON,

THE AUTHOR.

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