South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised

CHAPTER IX

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ARGENTINA

The Approach to Buenos Aires 315

Aspect of the City 316

Society in Buenos Aires 318

Physical Character of Argentina 324

Inhabitants of Argentina: The Gaucho 327

Agriculture and Ranching 329

The Process of Settlement: Labour 330

The Scenery of the Pampas 334

Economic Prospects of Argentina 336

The European Immigrants 338

Character and Tendencies of Society in Argentina 341

Argentina the Most Modern of South American Countries 346