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government^ aided by foreign industry and 

 capital^ to make them available for the general 

 advantage of mankind. And it is to be hoped 

 that Europe will soon reap; by an intercourse 

 with this state^ still more important results ; for 

 there is not a better and more productive soil; 

 nor a finer and healthier climate; in the world; 

 to tempt the superabundant and adventurous 

 population from the shores of the northern 

 hemisphere. 



The women are not so handsome here as at 

 Buenos AyreS; but have the same grace and 

 good manners. The French minister at Rio 

 observed; in speaking of the fair sex at Buenos 

 AyreS; after dealing unsparingly with the male 

 part of the population; "quant aux femmes; 

 vous n'en trouverez pas de mauvaises mceurs 

 and so it is; even to the lowest ranks ; which 

 induced one of the sailors of the North 

 Star; who was asked how he and his com- 



