RO/.ARIO 



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2<)lli and 30///. — We contiiuu'il li> lidc o\cr plains of the 

 same character. At San Nicolas I hist saw the noble ri\er 

 of the I'arana. i\\. the foot of the cliff on which the to\\ii 

 stanils, some large vessels were at anchcjr. JSefore arrivini; at 

 Rozario, we crossed the SaladiUo, a stream of fine clear running 

 water, but too saline to drink. Rozario is a large town built 

 on a dead level plain, which forms a cliff about sixty feet high 

 over the Parana. The river here is very broad, with many 

 islands, which are low and wooded, as is also the opposite 

 shore. The view \\'Ould resemble that of a great lake, if it 

 were not for the linear-shaped islets, which alone give the idea 



of running water. The cliffs are the most picturesque part ; 

 sometimes they are absolutel)- perpendicular, and of a red 

 colour ; at other times in large broken masses, covered with 

 cacti and mimosa- trees. The real grandeur, however, of an 

 immense river like this is derived from reflecting how- 

 important a means of communication and commerce it forms 

 between one nation and another ; to what a distance it trax-els ; 

 and from how \ ast a territory' it drains the great bod)' of trcsh 

 water which flows past )our feet. 



For many leagues north and south of San Nicolas and 

 Rozario, the coimtry is really level. Scarcel)' an)-thing which 

 travellers have written about its extreme llatness can be con- 



