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try we visited, than from any just report in which we could all 

 have agreed, as under ordinary circumstances, that must have 

 been the result of a compromise of opinions, and would proba- 

 bly have excluded some facts, or some views, which, one or the 

 other of us, will, in the mode now adopted, present to you. 



In my particular situation, however, I thought it less necessary 

 to go into detail, as I knew that the report of Mr. Rodney would 

 furnish information on points which I omit. 

 With great respect, 



I have the honor to be, sir. 



Your most obedient servant, 



JOHN GRAHAM. 

 Hon, John Q. S.dams, Secretary of State, 



The country formerly known as the viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, 

 extending from the north western sources of the river La Plata to 

 the southern cape of America, and from the confines of Brazil 

 and the ocean, to the ridge of the Andes, may be considered as 

 that which is called "The United Provinces of South America.** 

 Under the royal government, it was divided into the intend en- 

 cies, or provinces, of Buenos Ayres, Paraguay, Cordova, Salta,Po- 

 tosi, Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz, and Puno. Subsequently to the 

 revolution, in the year 1814, another division was made; and from 

 the provinces of Cordova, Salta, and Buenos Ayres, were taken 

 those of Cuyo or Mendoza, Tucuman, Corrientes, Entre Rios, 

 and the Banda Oriental. The others, it is believed, retained their 

 former boundaries, and, with the exception of Paraguay, are gene- 

 rally called "Upper Peru." 



This widely extended country embraces almost every variety of 

 climate and soil, and is capable of almost every variety of pro- 

 duotion. A large part of it, however, particularly on the west side 

 of the river La Plata, and southerly towards cape Horn, is defi- 

 cient in wood, even for fuel; and in water, that which is found is 

 generally brackish. 



Although three centuries have passed by since the Spaniards 

 made their first settlement in this country, and some considerable 

 towns and cities have grown in it; yet its general improvement 



