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BUENOS AYRES. 



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 hemis- 

 phere — Spanish ladies. 



Monday, Oct. 27. — I have some thoughts 

 of going to an estancia or farm twenty-two 

 leagues from hence to the S. W. 5 to see how a 

 gentleman gaucho farmer employs his time in 

 the country. Captain Harcourt and a party 

 from the North Star have volunteered to go 

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