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( 108 ) labours, that several towns of baptised Indians are established in the dis- trict of the mines.

The harbour of Rio Janeiro is well defended by forts and batteries on every commanding position, which are garri- soned by about 4,000 regular troops, who make a very respectable appear- ance, and seem to be extremely well disciplined. The whites of every de- scription, amounting to 10,000, are en- rolled in a militia, and exercised once a month. From this motley group, how- ever, little service could be expected in the hour of attack, and we might justly exclaim,

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