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return to skin the victims which have suffered 

 a painful existence, or bled slowly to death on 

 the spot where they fell. 



As the inhabitants of the Banda have no ma- 

 nufactures or agriculture to attend to, nothing 

 can be more indolent than those who are not 

 engaged in shipping hides and tallow at Monte 

 Video. 



Excepting coasters of small burden, the 

 commerce on this river is invariably carried on 

 in foreign bottoms. 



In this republic one ambitious party rapidly 

 succeeds another at the helm of public affairs ; 

 and, as in all the states in this part of the new 

 world, conspiracy and revolt are everlasting 

 attributes of republicanism. Thus the develop- 

 ment of any permanently good measure is 

 checked at the outset, and the only consequence 

 of a fresh party attaining power is that the 



