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 at, 316 ; wants and notions sold at, 316 ; absurd entrenchments of, 448 ; disappearance of the batteries at, 471 Human Zoology, collection of, at Luque, 464 Hunting farmed out by the Oriental government, 93 Hutchinson, Mr., his heroic services during the cholera plague, 244 ; caricatured at Rozario, 244 ; presented with a medal, 244

Infernal machines, fishing up, 341 Ironclads attacked by Cimoes, 364 Isla de las Flores, fragrancy of its wild vegetation, 94 Island of Liberty, imprisonment in the, 100 Italian porters in Monte Video not to be trusted, 104 Itapiru carelessly abandoned by Lopez, 301

Jesuits in Paraguay, their influence, 26 Juquery bridge held by Brigadier Vasco Alves, 467

KiRKLAND, Lieut., a sympathizer with the Blanco party, 370 ; hindered in the performance of his duty, 370

La Ciudad, view of, 434 La Paz, a useful colony against the raids of Chaco Indians, 258 La Plata, great increase in the trade of, 151 La Trinidad celebrated for cock-fights, 461 La Union, bull-fights held at, 110 La Villeta, operations hastened by the inundation of, 295 Lasso, the, how to avoid, 148 Law and justice in the River Plate, 91 Libertat, M., accused of conspiracy, 131 Liberty Square at Corrientes, a savage caricature, 278 Libraries, billiard rooms, and drinking houses at Buenos Aires, 185 Lines defended by the Paraguayans, 353 Loma Valentina, Lopez's documents taken at, 472 Lomas, proposal to attack the last Paraguayan position on the, 450 Lopez, D. Antonio Carlo, President I., elected in 1845 56 ; his marriage with D. Juana Paula Carillo, 57; conspiracy to shoot him in a theatre, 64 ; sends to London for explanations, 65 ; undertakes negotiations with the Holy See, 66 ; his death in 1862, 67

Lopez, D. Francisco Solano, President II., elected in 1862, 67 ; his first meeting with Madame Lynch in Paris, 72 ; actively prepares for war, 75; his atrocities greatly exaggerated, 128; unfit for guerilla warfare, 128; his scheme shattered by the incapacity of his oflicers and men, 264 ; prizes piratically made figuring in his flotilla, 289 ; abandons Paso la Patria when the enemy appears, 301 ; he proposes an interview with the Allied Generals, 305 ; muzzle-loaders found in front of his palace, 322 ; he is asked to abdicate his country, 329 ; reports concerning his atrocities, 330 ; his complaint of the laws of neutrality, 331 ; his letters detained at Buenos Aires, 332 ; his victory at Acayuasa, 334 ; the wife of Colonel Martinez murdered by, 335 ; he arms the Cierva redoubt with field pieces, 347 ; his defence of Paso Pucu, 357 ; his place of concealment, 357 ; he expects to. be drawn from La Villeta, 371 ; he concentrates his forces at the Tebicuary river, 401 ; his government a model of order and progress, 407 ; his ill feeling with Mr. "Washburn, 409 ; his escape from Loma Valentina, 419 ; takes up his head-quarters at Loma Cumbarity, 421 ; his palace at La Villeta, 424 ; he purposely leaves Santo Antonio undefended, 427 ; the loss of his cavalry at the battle of Itororo, 428 ; he releases the architect of his palace from imprisonment, 433 ; ignorance of the Allies concerning his movements, 448 ; he makes all the railway officials captains and lieutenants, 359 ; his documents taken from his private carriage, 472 ; his tenderness to his children, 477 ; his letters to Major-Gen, Macmahon, 478 ; he appoints Madame Lynch universal legatee, 478 ; his sympathy, sternness, and grief, 479

Lopez, D. Benigno, doubts concerning the fate of, 476 Lopez, D. Venancio, acquitted and released, 476 Luque, journey by rail to, dangerous, 459 ; the normal settlement of, 462 Lynch, Madam, her trials throughout the campaign, 71 ; birth of her first child, 73 ; miseries of the captives mitigated by, 74 ; her ambition, 74 ; her present