A GOOD BREAKFAST. 



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the party called Unitarians, (which last were aided 

 by all the foreigners except the English, who es- 

 caped the interference with great difficulty), their 

 natural repugnance to strangers has consider- 

 ably augmented, and has given more than their 

 usual share of ferocity to these rude and lawless 

 beings. 



Our cuisine has not been very contemptible. 

 We had eggs and coffee for breakfast, and a 

 woman has boiled a fowl for us, besides sup- 

 plying us with a mess of mutton mixed with 

 maize and rice ; which latter are luxuries easily 

 obtained so near the city. Bread and milk 

 we have in abundance ; so that to-day, at any 

 rate, we shall not starve. 



26th. Post-hut. — The servant returned from 

 his errand to Buenos Ayres earlier than I 

 expected, and we instantly began to load the 

 horses, which were standing outside the hut, in 



