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Ten years after the revolution had separated 

 South America from the mother country, the 

 government of Buenos Ayres still continued 

 to maintain the settlement of Berkley Sound., 

 at a considerable expense; and grants of land 

 were made by that government to individuals, 

 who were induced to settle there by the hope 

 of taking the wild cattle, which had greatly 

 increased since their first introduction into 

 the islandso 



This proceeding had not attracted the notice 

 of Great Britain till 1829, when General La- 

 valle, who then possessed the government of 

 Buenos Ayres, issued a manifesto, asserting 

 the right of Buenos Ayres to the sovereignty 

 of the Falklands, and appointing a governor, 

 with orders to prevent all foreign vessels from 

 fishing on their coasts. 



The British government, by its minister at 

 Buenos Ayres, protested against this claim, 



