Author: Richard Francis Burton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780331641325

Excerpt from Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, Vol. 2: With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines, Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sao Francisco, From Sabara to the Sea Engenho or sugar house is on a ledge near the stream, which loops to the south-east. It was working when we sped by, and the music reminded me pleasantly of certain water-wheels in Sindh, Egypt, Arabia - ih these lands of the Future any sug gestion of the Past is a god-send. Establishments with water power motors pay 403 000 per annum, those driven by bullocks half that sum, and upon the produce of both there is, when entering towns, an octroi of 08820 per barrel of thirty bottles. It will be better for the people when circumstances admit of a much heavier taxation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.