T HE study of modern history has been, during a long course of years, greatly neglected in the generality of public schools; but it now begins to be regarded (as indeed it ought always to have been) as an object of the greatest importance. In England, particularly, it constitutes one of the principal branches of both public and private education. The abbé de Vertot’s History of the Revolutions of Portugal has been always esteemed equally entertaining and instructive; and as such more especially

Résendius (Andrew, or Louis Andrew). John the IIId appointed him to superintend the education of his two brothers. He published two works, which are much esteemed: the first entitled, de Antiquitatibus Lusitaniæ , (printed in folio at Evora, in 1593); and the second, Deliciæ Lusitano-Hispanicæ . His brother Garcias published a folio History of John the IIId, in Portugueze. Vasconcellos (Antonio) has published different works. One of the most esteemed is entitled, Anacephalosis id est summa Capit

From Henry, duke of Burgundy, count of Portugal, to John IV, duke of Braganza, and king of Portugal. At a moment when the royal family had been forced to quit Lisbon, when the French entered that capital, and indeed every other town and fortress in the kingdom; whilst the provinces of Portugal were dismembered by the same usurping hand which had disposed not only of the country, but of the crown of Spain, and whilst every thing seemed to announce to the Portugueze that they must no longer look u

B RAZIL , which from a variety of circumstances, has ever been regarded an interesting country, is now become doubly so, from being the present residence of the court of Portugal; and as such, we are induced to give a description of it, which, from the nature and size of this work, must necessarily be a short one. Cabral , in the year 1500, first landed on the coast of Brazil, and immediately gave notice to the court of Lisbon of the discovery he had made. The Portugueze, however, were for a len

I. PARA. The most northern government in Brazil, comprising that part of Guiana which belongs to Portugal, together with that course of the river of the Amazons from confluence of the two rivers Madera and Mamora; it also contains to the east the whole of the country which extends to the river Tocantin. This province is the most barren and the most unwholesome of any in that part of the world. Population. 4,108 Whites;—9,919 Blacks and Mulattoes:—34,844 Indians. Principal Towns. Belem, on the ba

Quadrupeds used as Food. [52] Tapiierete , the (P. 101, M. 229), is nearly the size of a heifer aged six months, but is without horns. The flesh resembles in taste that of an ox. The Brazilians dress it in the same manner as the Buccaneers arrange their meat or fish. Cuquaçu-Eté (P. 98). This animal is a kind of stag, called by Léry an Ass-cow . It is less than the European stag, has shorter horns, and the hair about the length of a goat’s. Tajaçu (P. 89, M. 229), is the wild boar of the country

Principal Districts wherein Diamonds are found. T HE province of Brazil, which produces diamonds, is situated inland, between 22½ and 16 degrees of south latitude. Its circumference is near 670 leagues. On the east it is limited by the captaincy or province of Rio Janeiro; on the south by that of St. Paul; on the north by the Sertoens , or interior part of the maritime province of the Bay of All Saints, and part of that of the mines of Goyarel; on the west, lastly, by another part of the last-me