ABSTRACT
416A New Disease—The Culture of Chinese Tea in Brazil—Modus Operandi—The Deceived Custom-House Officials—Probable Extension of Tea-Culture in South America—Homeward Bound—My Companion—Senhor José and a Little Difficulty with him California and the Musical Innkeeper—Early Start and the Star-Spangled Banner the Senhores Brotero of S. Paulo—Fourth of July Inaugurated in an English Family—Yankee Doodle” on the Plains of Ypiranga Lame and Impotent Conclusion—Astronomy under Difficulties—Deliverance—Return to Rio de Janeiro.
