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MONTE VIDEO. 



We have been a week living on boards as no 

 house could at first be got for the minister ; 

 but a ricli baker, who has built a fine palace, 

 has consented to lend it to the mission during 

 their stay at Monte Video, and we disembark 

 to-morrow in order to occupy it. 



I have been on shore every day to walk and 

 ramble about the town or country ; returning on 

 board to dine and sleep. We have visited 

 several quintas in the neighbourhood, and 

 found the roads better, and more practicable 

 than those near Buenos Ayres; for one is 

 sooner on the plains, without encountering 

 muddy lanes, and surly gauchos. 



I have made acquaintance with Dr. Maclean, 

 the principal English physician at Monte 

 Video. He is going to leave it in order to 

 practice his profession at lima, where there is 

 an opening for him; and we have been dis- 



