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bay is better protected from the pamperos, by 

 the "Mount/ 5 under which it is the ambition 

 of the republic to construct a new city, where 

 they pretend that foreigners will be invited to 

 settle and multiply, for the future benefit of this 

 infant state. 



The society at Monte Video is much upon a 

 par with that of Buenos Ayres, though they 

 each claim precedence of distinction, and pro- 

 fess for one another considerable contempt. 

 However, the same habits and customs prevail 

 in both cities. Perhaps there is rather less 

 elegance and taste displayed at Monte Video ; 

 because, until lately, they have not been rising 

 into such importance, nor acquiring wealth so 

 rapidly as they are at this moment. The capital 

 and country of the Banda Oriental may be con- 

 sidered " un pays d'avenir" full of resources 

 which only demand a more regular system of 



