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CONCLUSION. 



2nd. Is it prudent for those of large capital to 

 embark their money there in any 'permanent esta- 

 blishment or speculation ? 



My humble opinion on these two important 

 questions is shortly as follows : — 



A poor individual, or a poor family, or a con- 

 gregation of poor families, coming from England 

 to these provinces, will instantly be relieved from 

 that part of their sufferings which proceeded from 

 absolute want of food, for they will arrive at a 

 place where coarse beef is cheap. Artizans will 

 obtain good wages in the town of Buenos Aires ; 

 but as English peasants are not fitted to perform 

 any part of the Gaucho's labour, they will not 

 receive from them more than their board. 



Now, at Buenos Aires, artizans will find pro- 

 visions very dear, and although they receive more 

 money than in England, they will not be able to 

 live there so well. The lodgings, which are always 

 unfurnished, are shockingly dirty, filled with all 

 sorts of vermin; and, after all, they are extremely 

 dear. Beef is sold in such a mangled state, that 

 when the Cornish miners first arrived, they often 

 returned from the butchers' carts without buying 

 the meat, being unable to make up their minds to 



