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which only aggravates the malady and brings on 

 a train of nervous symptoms^ which usually ter- 

 minate in madness, and in many instances, sui- 

 cide. This is a woeful picture, but nevertheless 

 a true one — many melancholy instances of this 

 sort have been witnessed in Chili, Valparaiso, and 

 Buenos Ayres, and occured to parties who were 

 highly respectable. When last at Buenos Ayres, 

 two English gentlemen came under my own ob- 

 servation, labouring under temporary derange- 

 ment occasioned by drinking, which pernicious 

 vice they had indulged in because their affairs in 

 business turned out unfortunate. I also saw an 

 instance of attempted suicide while at Valparaiso. 

 I can safely say, that never have I seen the 

 pernicious effects of drinking spirits, more 

 awfully visited than at these places. What 

 may be the cause of it I will leave for those 

 more competent than myself, to judge. A 

 writer on Buenos Ayres says, ^^it has often 

 been observed that we feel the effects of free 



