Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. To Brazil there was also a large emigration, but the individuals of whom it was composed were for the most part either such as had been banished, or adventurers from the lower ranks of the people. Thus was the foundation laid for the system Of colonization, or rather con quest, which eventually became so extensive, that, in the words of Mr. Southey, the sun never set on the dominions of the King of Portugal.
