Travels in Brazil, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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I was much'surprised at the manner in which even the people of colour dress themselves to go to mass in all the villages; if the family is in a respectable way of life, the younger females wear O11 these occasions gowns of printed cottons, English straw bonnets, stockings also of foreign manufacture, and neat shoes which are made by workmen ofthe country. The young men appear in nankeen pantaloons, and j ackets of printed cot tons, shirts of cambric muslin, hats of English make, stockings and shoes. Indeed, of late years, smee articles Of dress have been cheap, and have come into general use, since a sub jcet of' emulation has arisen, and the means of showing it has been afforded, every hamlet sends forth its rival belles and beaux..

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