CONTENTS. 



CHAP. I. 



■^OYAGE to Cadiz, and thence to the Rio de la Plata. — Misfortunes at Monte Video. — 

 Character of the Inhabitants. — Trade. — Geological Remarks . . Page i 

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CHAP. n. 



Journey to Barriga Negra. — Gi^ology of the Country. — Limestone, and Mode of burning 

 it. — Horned Cattle. — Peons. — Horses. — Defective State of Agriculture. — Manners 

 of the Inhabitants. — Dresf. — Wild Animals. — Monte-Video taken by the British. — 

 My Return thither i8 



CHAP. III. 



Expedition against Buenos Ayres. — Causes of its Failure. — Account of the Population of 

 the Country, and of the various Classes which compose it . . . . 35 



CHAP. IV. 



Voyage to St. Catherine's. — Description of that Island, and of the Coast In Its Vicinity 



Arrival at Santos, and Journey thence to St. Paul's ..... 45 



CHAP. V. 



Description of St. Paul's — System of Farming prevalent in Its Neighbourhood. — Excur- 

 sion to the Gold-MInes of Jaragua, — Mode of working them. — Return to Santos 67 



CHAP. VI. 



Coasting Voyage from Santos to Zapltlva, and Journey thence to Rio de Janeiro . 88 



CHAP. VII. 



Description of Rio de Janeiro. — Trade. — State of Society. — Visit to the Prince Regent's 

 Farm at Santa Cruz .......... 97 



