THE PAMPAS. 



was a Judge. I explained the circumstances, and 

 the o^overnor then told the man that he had asked 

 too much, and that I was to pay him three dollars 

 less than he had demanded. The governor offered, 

 very obligingly, to lend me the money as I had no 

 change ; he paid the man, who had not a word to 

 say, and who had his ride, one hundred and eighty 

 miles, for nothing. I then went into the governor's 

 room, and mentioned to him that our carriage 

 wanted a trifling repair, but that the blacksmith 

 had told me he could not work at it without per- 

 mission from him, as he was employed in making 

 chains to take the three hundred recruits down to 

 Buenos Aires. The governor very politely sent 

 for the smith, and desired him to work for me for 

 three hours ; after which I made my bow, and then 

 galloped to the post. 



While the smith was repairing the carriage, I 

 looked again at the town of San Luis. Each house 

 in the town has a large garden, in which there is 

 nothing but what they cannot prevent from growing, 

 such as fig trees, vines, peach trees. The walls of 

 their gardens are often towards the streets, which 

 gives the place so little the appearance of a town;^ 



