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Railway at Asuncion, rude appliances of, 460
Eeid, Dr. , in charge of the British Hospital, 151
Eepublicof Uruguay, three hostile parties in, 112
Resquin, Francisca Z,, his severe General Order, 473
Eio Bermejo, salubriousness of its waters, 365
Rio de la Plata, first Viceroy of, 36
Rio Grande and their savages, 365
Rio Paranancito, vegetation of, 254
Rio Uruguay, on board the, 189
Rivas, General, his personal appearance, 336
River Paraguay the reservoir of a thousand streams, 138
River Plate, colonizing in the, 88
Rivera, D., his flight to the Brazil, 211
Robles, General, tried by a secret courtmartial, 264 ; prefers loss of life to loss of liberty, 264
Rosas, Dictator, outrages of, 180 ; opposes the English and French squadrons, 233
Royal mail steamers, reduction of fares in the, 83
Rozai'io, arrival at, 235 ; perspective view of, 236 ; prodigious growth of, 236 ; its site superior to Buenos Aires, 237 ; new laws introduced in, 237 ; value of land at, 237 ; column of Liberty at, 238 ; hideous attempt at classical art at, 239 ; female beauty not interesting at, 239 ; baiting- yards on the Sabbath at, 240 ; limited capacity of newspapers at, 241 ; hairless dogs used instead of warming-pans at, 243; organ-grinders might be put to honest labour, 242



Sailors demoralized by torpedoes, 332
S. Juan, failure of the French colony at, 297
SS. Philip and James, peculiar places of worship, 98
Saladillo Dulce a geographical puzzle, 256
Saltenos better in temporal than spiritual matters, 218
Salto, the picturesque terminus of Uruguay navigation, 218 ; blockaded by Commodore Pinto, 218 ; its surrender to
General Flores, 219 ; precious stones found at, 220
Salto and Concordia, rivalry between the two villages, 220
San Ignacio church, art and science taught at, 182
Sanchez, Vice-President, supposed to be still breathing the upper air, 477
Santo Antonio, skilful landing of the Brazilians at, 427
Sarmiento and Mitre compared with phrenology and physiognomy, 168
Sarmiento elected President of Buenos Aires, 164
Sebastian Cabot, Paraguay discovered by, 23
Serviles sold to D. Miguel, 473
Sheep farming in the River Plate, 89
Shooting, civilized style, in a waggonette, 145
Sketch of the campaign, short abstract of the, 76
Soldiers causing explosions at Humaita, 323
Solis, De, discoverer of the Parana, 137 ; slaughtered, roasted, and eaten, by the Charruas savages, 190
South America, terrible earthquake in, 127
Souza, Marshal, visit to the State House of, 466 ; his nationality not to be mistaken, 466 ; the injurious talk of his enemies, 467
Spanish forbidden to be taught in Paraguay, 31
Speculators threatened with serious trouble, 248
Squatters kind of campaigning life, 231
Stewart, Dr., yields himself prisoner, 452; his interview with the Emperor at Rio de Janeiro, 452 ; his wife and children in danger, 452 ; restoration of the stolen charger of, 463 ; he surrenders to the enemy, 420 ; his house given up to the five great orders of knighthood, 457
Stocks in Paraguay, tortures of the, 132
Stores, free importation of, 21
Suarez, D. Gregorio, his revenge for an old private feud, 214
Suggesting a mode to prevent discontent, 82
Swamp fighting an essential part of Indian warfare, 299



Taji, batteries at, 364 ; Paraguayans dislodged at, 364
Tamandare, Admiral, serious charge against, 212
Taraqui, quaint and picturesque houses of, 272
Taxes and revenue of Paraguay, 22
Taylor, Mr., brutal treatment of, 433
Tebicuary batteries, sketch of, 400
Tigers and wild beasts, legends of, 231
Timber, growth of in Patagonia, 230
Timbo, appearance of, after the evacuation, 346