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rades had amused themselves, to reply, " Why 

 not at all, sir ; for them women are too fine 

 for we." 



There was a report at Buenos Ayres that 

 Doctor Francia, the chief of Paraguay, was 

 dead ; but this turns out to be untrue. He is 

 very old, but still alive, and well. I heard 

 many amusing anecdotes about him, from the 

 dwarf master who taught Mrs. Hamilton 

 Spanish. Zapata had been taken prisoner, and 

 detained on parole three years, before he was 

 allowed to escape; during which time he be- 

 came very intimate with the doctor. 



After the emancipation it was found neces- 

 sary to establish a provisional government in 

 Paraguay, as that country was not republican 

 in feeling, like the new separate state of Buenos 

 Ayres. First, a triumvirate government was 

 established; but afterwards it was resolved to 

 establish a dictatorship, for life. The choice 



