VICAR

OF. Tho famous vicar | bree Was Simon Aleyn, who held the living of | be hi ‘Bray, near. Windsor, during tho reigns of | facil. VIII... Edward VL. Mary and | prin not in those of Oharles II. to| one. a the famous song, states. were 49 a federal republic in the} need north-east of South America, is composed | 186! of Bi seltgoverned sates, pacpeaion ye of ¢ purposes defence, the maintenance in ra order, and other matters of common / Ear Anterest. _The country, which has an area | troo eee eee a aruare mallee, embraces | Pren nearly the whole of the basin of the Amazon, } Brit: the basin of the San Francisco, and a large | Snid eam of ie basins any Paraguay, Mar! Parana, and Uruguay. e forests pro- | mil it duce valuable timber; considerable crops | bein of coffee, cotton, india rubber, and tobacco | that are raised; and diamonds and other} zerte Precious stonca, god, quicksilver, and | Arm copper. are found in large eee the pe pevelaticn exceeds 184 millions, and | prin Silioiy af Portegaees deacent. ‘The chiel | oni ortuguese descent. © chief | whic towns are Rio. Janeiro, Bahia, and | of » Pernambuco. The present const it at i on | of a dates from 1891, the revolution of 1839 | plug having ay the government of the | sam: emperor Il.. a member of the} bree House of Brazanza, by that of a President. | whic 4 Senate, and a Chamber of Meputies min: _ [s. 80]