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VOYAGE TO 



Video few houses are above one story from the 

 ground, and each has a flat roof, on which the 

 inhabitants walk, smoke, and drink mate. The 

 streets are moderately wide, with trottoirs at the 

 sides for foot-passengers. They are paved in 

 the middle, and have posts at every corner, as 

 in London. The shops are without windows. 

 Most of the houses are whitewashed. The 

 number of new buildings, and the masses of 

 brick and mortar which obstruct one's progress 

 in the streets, are sure evidences of the progres- 

 sive improvement and enlargement of the town ; 

 whereas the total stagnation of all works of this 

 sort at Buenos Ayres presents a striking con- 

 trast, not favourable to the prospects of the 

 latter city. 



After a little while the small low brick houses 

 of Monte Video will be supplanted by spacious 

 and lofty buildings in the European taste, which 



