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and curiosity about other countries, or so great 

 an anxiety manifested, both to give and receive 

 information, as among the members of the 

 Villa Nueva family. 



The other provinces of the Argentine repub- 

 lic are supplied with a great deal of wine from 

 Mendoza, which is carried over the plains in 

 skins. But hitherto the duty imposed on the 

 transport of wines from hence across the moun- 

 tains has acted as a total prohibition of any 

 trade in that article with Chili. The govern- 

 ment of Mendoza have proposed a treaty of 

 commerce with Chili, which, if it should be 

 accepted, will lead to an interchange of com- 

 modities between the two states, equally ad- 

 vantageous to both. At present the Chilians 

 use a wine of their own, which is very infe- 

 rior in quality to that made on this side the 

 Andes. 



