One portion of the colonists, such as mechanics, shop-keepers, etc., had been presented with small plots of ground for building upon, near the villa; the cultivators of the soil had received larger patches, although not more than two or three yokes.

What misery must not these poor people have suffered in their native country to have sought another hemisphere for the sake of a few yokes of land! We here found the good old woman who had been our fellow passenger from Germany to Rio Janeiro, in company with her son.

Her joy at being once more able to share in the toils and labours of her favourite had, in this short space of time, made her several years younger.

Her son acted as our guide, and conducted us over the infant colony, which is situated in broad ravines; the surrounding hills are so steep, that when they are cleared of timber and converted into gardens, the soft earth is easily washed away by heavy showers.
At a distance of four miles from the colony, a waterfall foams down a chasm which it has worn away for itself.

It is more remarkable for its valley-like enclosure of noble mountains, and the solemn gloom of the surrounding woods, than for its height or body of water.
29th September.