CONCLUSION. 



Having now completed a very rough and defective 

 sketch of the Pampas, Sec, and some of the pro- 

 vinces of the Rio Plata and of the governments 

 and habits of the people, it is natural to consider 

 how powerful this country must necessarily become, 

 when, animated by a large population, enriched by 

 the industry and intelligence of man, and pro- 

 tected by the integrity and power of well-consti- 

 tuted governments, it takes that rank in the 

 civilized world which is due to its climate and soil ; 

 and as, in Nature's great system of succession, 

 nations and empires rise and fall, flourish and 

 decay,"" it is possible that this country, availing 

 itself of the experience of past ages, may become 

 the theatre of nobler actions than any of the na- 

 tions of the Old World, whose obscure march to- 

 wards civilization was without a precedent to guide 

 them, or a beacon to warn them of their dangers. 

 And far from being jealous of the superior strength 



