CONTENTS. 



VOLUME I. 



Preface Page 4 



INTRODUCTION. 



Importance of Spanish America — -Remarks on the popula- 

 tion—State of learning and information — Spanish colo- 

 nial government and policy— -System of finance — Com- 

 mercial policy—Obstacles to the revolution, .... 17 



CHAPTER I. 



Passage from Norfolk to Rio Janeiro — Description of Rio — 



Coronation — General description of Brazil, .... 99 



CHAPTER II. 



Departure from Rio— Provinces of St. Paul, St. Cathe- 

 rine, and Rio Grande — Island of Flores— arrival at 

 Montevideo, ^ • . . 



CHAPTER III. 



Passage from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres — Description 

 of Buenos Ayres — Interview with the supreme director, £64 



APPENDIX. 



Documents referred to in the president's message at the 

 commencement of the second session of the fifteenth 

 congress. 



Mr. Rodney to the Secretary of State, . . . . . 315 

 Mr. Graham to the Secretary of State,. ..... 340 



