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YOYAQE TO 



CHAPTER V. 



VOYAGE TO BUENOS AYRES. 



Departure from Rio — Speedy change cf climate — Popu- 

 lation of the Banda — Proverbially healthy climate — 

 Dictatorship of Rosas — Universal anarchy — Extraor- 

 dinary accuracy of nautical calculations — La Plata — 

 Dangers of its navigation — Monte Video the rival of 

 Buenos Ay res— General Rosas — Description of the 

 town — Costume of the Gauchos — Arrival at Buenos 

 Ayres. 



Buenos Ayres, Oct. 12. — For reasons which 

 it is unnecessary to mention in this place, I 

 was induced to leave Rio de Janeiro again in 



