(pag 180) This individual, known as " Joao Militao," has the reputation of being a " valentao " or country bully, and, worse still, he is spoken of as a " capanga," a bravo or professional assassin. The latter gentry, relics of a barbarous age, are unhappily not yet extinct in the provincial parts of the Brazil. The Pundonor being still a mainspring of action, and the duello being unknown, men use the services of the hired ruffian with little squeamishness, and the enemy is potted from behind a tree like the Irish landlord of the last generation. As education advances and manners are softened by increased intercourse with the world, the disgrace will, like the old Poderoso, become obsolete. We behaved to the Sr. Militao at least as roughly as he did to us, and the next morning he civilly entered into conversation about the parroquets which we were shooting.
FUENTE: Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil; with a full account of the gold and diamond mines. Also, canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea (1869) Author: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 Volume: 1 Subject: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; Gold mines and mining -- Brazil; Diamond mines and mining -- Brazil; Brazil -- Description and travel; São Francisco River Valley (Brazil) -- Description and travel Publisher: London, Tinsley brothers Language: English
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(pag 180) This individual, known as " Joao Militao," has the reputation of being a " valentao " or country bully, and, worse still, he is spoken of as a " capanga," a bravo or professional assassin. The latter gentry, relics of a barbarous age, are unhappily not yet extinct in the provincial parts of the Brazil. The Pundonor being still a mainspring of action, and the duello being unknown, men use the services of the hired ruffian with little squeamishness, and the enemy is potted from behind a tree like the Irish landlord of the last generation. As education advances and manners are softened by increased intercourse with the world, the disgrace will, like the old Poderoso, become obsolete. We behaved to the Sr. Militao at least as roughly as he did to us, and the next morning he civilly entered into conversation about the parroquets which we were shooting.
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Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil; with a full account of the gold and diamond mines. Also, canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea (1869)
Author: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Volume: 1
Subject: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; Gold mines and mining -- Brazil; Diamond mines and mining -- Brazil; Brazil -- Description and travel; São Francisco River Valley (Brazil) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Tinsley brothers
Language: English
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