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Buenos Ayres. The details of this return journey are 

 not worth recording. We had excellent sport in hunting, 

 good living, and, made a trip without stoppages. We 

 arrived at Buenos Ayres without any accident of import- 

 ance, and every thing considered, in good condition. 

 Joaquin then received a handsome reward for his faithful 

 services, and bade us adieu. 



During a week after our return, we rested, and had 

 leisure to observe the city and the citizens. I was not 

 greatly pleased with this town. In my opinion, Rio Ja- 

 neiro is a much more desirable place of residence. In 

 the meantime, Mr. Barrill secured passage in a British 

 ship, employed in the China trade, intending to make the 

 Cape of Good Hope his next sporting scene. At the ex- 

 piration of a week, we sailed. Horses and mules had 

 been sold at a cheap rate ; but our weapons and packs, 

 with many additions of Gaucho costume and natural 

 curiosities of Buenos Ayres, were shipped with us. The 

 vessel sailed, and during the long days of that voyage to 

 the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Barrill and I had plenty of 

 time to talk over our hunting expeditions in South 

 America. 



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