quantities and could be far more extensively produced if the
people would utilize the best methods and implements of modern
agriculture. The mountains are full of ores and the forests of the
finest timber, and the great interior has riches unknown to man.
It has the most extensive unexplored region on earth. What the
future holds for this marvelously endowed country, when her
resources are revealed and brought to market, no one would dare
predict. Few countries in the world would venture a claim to such
immense riches.





CHAPTER II.

THE CAPITAL, RIO DE JANEIRO.


The city of Rio is the center of life in Brazil. We entered the
Bay of Rio after nightfall on the sixth of June. The miles and
miles of lights in the city of Rio on the one side, and of
Nietheroy on the other, gave us the impression that we were in
some gigantic fair grounds. Missionaries Entzminger, Shepard,
Maddox and Mrs. Entzminger came aboard to welcome us and bring us
ashore. We were taken to the Rio Baptist College and Seminary,
where we were entertained in good old Tennessee style by the
Shepards. This school building was built in 1849 by Dom Pedro II.
for a school which was known as the "Boarding School of Dom Pedro
II." It accommodated two hundred students. The Emperor supported