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In short, Manaos has none Of the fabulous splendours Of the mythical capital Of El Dorado. It is an ordinary town Of about 5000 inhabitants, and Of these at least 3000 are in Government employ. This fact is to be attributed to the number of its public buildings, which consist Of the Legislative Chamber, the Government House, the Trea sury, the post-office, and the Custom-house, and, in addi tion, a college founded in 1848, and a hospital erected in 1851. When with these is also mentioned a cemetery on the south side Of a hill, on which, in 1669, a fortress.
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