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BUENOS AYRES. 



CHAPTER VI. 



BUENOS AYRES. 



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. 



Oct. 23. 1 am now established at a 



quinta, which I shall describe. It is the 

 last house at the east end of the town, and is 

 built at the edge of the cliff, above some low 

 marshy ground, over which the river is some- 



