6/8 There are plenty of them here. Much money is made in Brazil by the export of coffee,--very much. The cakes are made from the mandioca-root, which I grow near my house. The root is dried and ground into flour, which, under the general _name farina_, is used all over the country. It is almost the only food used by the Indians and Negroes." "Then there are Injins and Niggers here, are there ?" inquired Barney. |