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 t, 82 Discovery of an infernal machine to blow up the Ministry, 113 Documents taken at Loma Valentina, inspectiug the, 472

Elisiario, Vice-Admiral, popular rumour of, 369 ; his predictions on the campaign, 369 El Pilar, the gaol of foreigners, 367 ; Brazilian outrages at, 367 Emigrants, outward bound, description of, 86 Emigrants' colony, utter failure of the, 60 Emilio, General D., visit to, 464 ; his aptitude for warfare, 465 ; his prepossessing and military figure, 465 ; his praise of the Brazilian whites, 466 English cruisers, uselessness of, 100 English subjects enlisting in the Brazilian army, 388 Esmerata, Padre, his devotion in the cause of humanity, 338 Extractum carnis, a detestable kind of beef-tea, 193

Feminine volunteers, courage of, 380 Ferreira, Colonel, his quarters an official residence, 466 Floating hotel, life on board a, 292 Flores and his son, violent altercation between, 113 FJores, D. Manuel, supposed poisoning of, by the Blancos, 116 Flores, Don Pedro, his duties on board ship, 292 Flores, General, origin of the murder of, 110 ; the banishment of his three sons, 117 Fogs in the Boca del Guazu, 229 France annoyed by the treatment of her subjects in Paraguay, 66 Francia, Dr., his remarkable character, 39; how England derived her knowledge of, 43 ; origin of his family, 47 ; elected perpetual Dictator, 47 ; his remarkable administration, 48 ; diplomatic relations with foreign powers cut off by, 50 ; his deeds of generosity, 51 ; his death, 52 ; resting-place of, 438 Fulton's formidable defence for rivers, 342

GalvIO and his gallant wife fought to death, 144 Gastavino, Bernardino, successful manoeuvre of, 267 Garay, D. Juan de, the restorer of Buenos Aires, 233 Garibaldi considered an obscure adventurer, 259 Garibaldi's loss of his legion of cooks, 211 Gaucho and Gauchito, hideous costume of the, 277 Gaucho warfare, what it consists of, 466 Gauchos of Rozario, ugliness of the, 243 Gelly, General, his courtsey, 351 Gold mines in Uruguay, 34 Gould, Mr., his predictions, 166; his hopeless errand, 329 ; his conditions of peace between the Allies and Paraguay, 329 ; his departure from Paraguay, 330 ; his unfavourable opinion of Paraguayan resources, 330 ; his second mission to Paraguay, 330 ; his erroneous opinions on the Paraguayan cause, 330 Gomez and Braga shot, 214 Gomez demanded by the Colorados, 213 Goya famous for oranges and cheeses, 261 Gran Chaco, the visit to, after the action, 338 Grass of Paraguay poisono ii s to animals, 373 Great Chaco, loafing and di'inking of the men at, 277 Guard-houses on the Paraguay established to watch strangers, 311 Guardia Tacuara, free-and-easy system of operations at, 371 ; reconnoitring the ground at, 372 Guayquiraro, the home of the fat boy, 260 Guazu river, opinions on the formation of, 227 Guerilla warfare determined, 79 Guns of the Paraguayans a curious spectacle, 322

Handbook of the River Plate deserving of patronage, 108 Hawaii, terrible earthquake at, 127 Health-officer of Monte Viddo, arbitrary powers of, 102 Henley, Mr., his uncertain prospects of flax-growing, 217 Holy week, worship of the Montevideans in, 127 Hopkins, Mi\ E., his claims for compensation ignored, 63 Horses storming fortified and insulated posts, 191 Hotel de la Minute, its proprietor charged with receiving stolen goods, 449 Hotham, Sir Charles, his arrival at Asuncion, 61 Humaita invested by the Allied armies, 333 ; a Paraguayan sortie repulsed from, 333 ; true description of, 314 ; its importance exaggerated, 316 ; merchant fleet at, 316 ; line of shopboats