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> [This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/this-part-of-brazil-offered-the-curious-spectacle-of-a-great-evil/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

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> [In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/in-front-of-us-lay-a-smooth-sandy-beach-beyond-which-rose-gradually-a/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

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## More by George Grey

> [Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/part-of-my-plan-was-not-only-to-introduce-all-useful-animals-that-i/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is so keen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/i-mention-this-fact-as-tending-to-support-what-i-have-often-heard/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/this-part-of-brazil-offered-the-curious-spectacle-of-a-great-evil/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/in-front-of-us-lay-a-smooth-sandy-beach-beyond-which-rose-gradually-a/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/at-several-such-places-we-landed-but-always-found-the-ascent-to-the/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/i-remarked-constantly-just-at-sunset-in-these-latitudes-that-the/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/to-sleep-after-sunrise-was-impossible-on-account-of-the-number-of/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/on-embarking-to-return-we-could-perceive-no-sign-of-one-tree-island/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/all-the-principal-people-in-the-town-are-concerned-in-the-slave-trade/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/sunrise-offered-a-very-beautiful-spectacle-the-water-was-quite/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/the-slave-trade-though-nominally-abolished-is-actively-pursued-here/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

> [Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/spanish-alone-was-understood-or-spoken-here-our-friend-the-countryman/)

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