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Rio de Janeiro

by us tho we had been two months at sea in which time our water was almost continualy bad

The Churches here are very fine dressd out with more ornaments even than those in Europe & all parts of their religion is carried on with more shew their processions in particular are very extrordinary every day one or other of the parishes go in solemn order with all the insignia of their church altar host &c. through their parish begging for what they can get & praying in all form at every Corner of a street

While we were there one of the largest churches in the town was rebuilding & for that reason the parish belonging to it had leave to walk through the whole City which they did once a week & collected much money for the carrying on of their
 

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