Category: Travel Writing
At a time when the rich and fertile provinces of South America are daily becoming increased objects of commercial consideration--when their riches and advantages are constantly forming the bases of fresh speculations--and when, under the security offered to person and property...
Marriage with the Buenos Ayres female takes place at an early age, frequently at thirteen and fourteen. Certain it is, they ripen into womanhood much sooner than those of our cl...
15. Part 15Colonia is fortified both on the land and sea side: heavy guns are mounted on the lines, and it is capable of making a good defence. It is now in the possession of the Brazilian...
11. Part 11These processions vary but very little, except that I thought there was more of preparation, banners, &c. in that of St. Nicholas, on the 6th December. The streets were profusel...
10. Part 10A work published in London, by Mr. Ackerman, in the Spanish language, with plates, called _Variedades et Mensagero de Londres_, has numerous purchasers here. It is published qua...
8. Part 8The country waggons are roofed with hides, and have large wheels: the creaking of the latter is very disagreeable; but they will not take the trouble to grease them. Whole famil...
6. Part 6There are many gentlemanly and intelligent men amongst the French settled in Buenos Ayres; but the mass will not bear a comparison with the British in point of respectability. F...
5. Part 5The dispute between Captain Willes, of H.M.S. _Brazen_, and the government of Buenos Ayres, caused a considerable bustle. Captain W. was ordered, by his instructions, to board a...
12. Part 12The boys in the streets of Buenos Ayres are as saucy a set of ragamuffins as those of London, without that daring and instant battle of the English boys. Many of their juvenile...
2. Part 2The landing-place, at what was once the mole, is very bad; heavy boats cannot get near. Carts are used to embark and disembark, for which there is no fixed charge; they get what...
9. Part 9This portion of South America, in the summer of 1824-25, was most seriously annoyed by locusts; the memory of the oldest inhabitant cannot recollect such a swarm. The air was da...
3. Part 3Many of the houses occupy a large extent of ground. The _sala_ is the principal room. The roofs of the houses, denominated the _azotea_, are very pleasant, especially near the r...
13. Part 13The arrangements in May, 1822, were the best that I have seen. The weather--indeed, every thing combined in its favour. Children of both sexes, dressed in fanciful costume, danc...
14. Part 14The Coffee-house de la Victoria was thronged both inside and out; and wine and beer were drank in profusion. Various toasts were given, amongst which was "Religious Toleration."...
4. Part 4Performers, at times, in Buenos Ayres, announce their own benefits--even the females. A lady will address the audience with all the earnestness so important an occasion demands,...
1. Part 1At a time when the rich and fertile provinces of South America are daily becoming increased objects of commercial consideration--when their riches and advantages are constantly...
16. Part 165. Here, you will change your course to the W. of the compass, taking care to pass to the distance of the two last buoys, which are to the N.W. of Chico Bank; for if the river s...