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CONTENTS. 



general's— External aspect of Rio — State of the slave 

 population — Chamber of deputies — A diplomatic din- 

 ner — Botanical garden — Visit to a sugar estate — 

 Emigration to the Brazils — Night scenery — Fireflies — 

 Bats a la" Freischutz — Return to Rio . 33 



CHAPTER V. 



Departure from Rio — Speedy change of 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 Ayres — General Rosas — Description of the 

 town — Costume of the Gauchos — Arrival at Buenos 

 Ayres ... 50 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Description of a quinta — Scenery on the river — Horse- 

 driving — Description of the town — Scene of English 

 dishonour — Winter in Buenos Ayres — The green 

 humming-bird — Fruits and plants of the climate- 

 Game — Fishing on horseback— Equestrian order of 

 beggars . . . . 68 



CHAPTER VII. 

 An October spring — Museum of Natural History — 

 Chamber of deputies — Public library— Spanish polite- 

 ness — Gaucho character, and cruelty — A Buenos Ayres 

 Smithfield— The lasso—Stars of the southern hemi- 

 sphere — Spanish ladies . . 81 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Primitive country — Journey across the plain — Dangers 

 from the Indians — Boundless views — A solitary farm — 

 Horse-breaking on the Pampas— Rough riding— Mark- 

 ing the wild cattle— Return to Buenos Ayres — Peru- 



