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CONCLUSION. 



Thus have I taken my readers four sea voyages, 

 two journies across the continent of South Ame- 

 rica_, one through the Banda Oriental^ remained 

 seven weeks at Lima^ three in Chili^ one at Men- 

 doza^ eight at Buenos Ayres^ one at Monte 

 Video, and one at Rio de Janeiro^ travelled up- 

 wards of twenty thousand miles by sea and land, 

 and broughf them back again to England within 

 twelve fnonths from the time of my starting. 



Such rapid movements and short stay at the 

 different places I touched at, will, I trust, in some 

 measure apologize for the heterogeneous manner 

 in which these observations have been thrown 

 together, not having had sufficient time to mo- 

 dify or arrange them. Such as they are, with 

 their many imperfections, if they have afforded 



