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Palacios, Bishop, not shotas he deserved, 340 Pampa palace, invitation to enter the, 199 Pampas peewit, the enemy to sportsmen, 349

Paraguay, derivation of the word, 2 ; geography of, 3 ; latitude of, 4 ; area of, 5; political distribution of, 6 ; official census of, 7 ; education in, 16; newspaper first established in, 17 ; commerce of, 18 ; imports of, 21 ; taxes and revenue of, 22 ; imports and exports of, 22 ; discovered by Sebastian Cabot, 23 ; roads in, 23 ; historical sketch of, 23 ; divided into two governments, 25 ; missions established by the Jesuits in, 26 ; ignorance of the clergy in, 26; travellers deluded in, 28; pleasures and labours in, 30 ; ceremonies of worship in, 30 ; celebration of the Saint's-day in, 30 ; birth of a Republic in, 37 ; improvement of, by Dr. Francia, 45 ; its system of government, 54 ; free navigation of, a political necessity for the Brazilian Empire, 295 ; geographical details of, 295 ; reported barbarities in, 340 ; passion for money making at, 441 ; scarcity of literature in, 462

Paraguay women, arbitrary treatment of, 477 Paraguayan army, how desertion from impossible, 473 Paraguayan coat-of-arms, indiscriminate use of, 43 Paraguayan garrison surrendered, 222 Paraguayan gun-boats a feature of naval interest, 266 Paraguayan officers, their ferocity, 452 Paraguayan race, mixture of breed in the, 10 ; character of the, 12 ; diet of, 12 ; education of, 16 ; independence, ratification of, 55 Paraguayan soldiers, heroism of, 14 ; their deficient intelligence, 15 ; their ferocity at the battle of Corrientes, 290 Paraguayan subscriptions for defence of fatherland, 477 Paraguayan women, patriotism of, 380 Paraguayans, their plan of defence, 306 ; their hopeless position, 334 ; their desperate fighting, 434 ; their escape to Timbo, 334 ; grand total of the lines defended by the, 358 ; rumours of the tortures and executions of, 407 ParaguayÂ©, description of the prisoners of, 11 ; their deformities, 11 Parana abandoned by the Caravan Government, 256 Parana river, dangerous for navigation, 250 Parana river, its chief lines of navigation, 224 ; geographical glance at the, 249 ; memorable flood of the, 415 Parsons, Captain, favourable impressions of, 330 Paseo de Julio, uneducated inhabitants of, 159 Paso la Patria abandoned by Lopez, 301 Paso Pucu, an important central point of the war, 357 Passenger steamer, foul play suspected to a, 135 Passengers' lives in the hands of drunken sailors, 406

Paysandu, population of, 209 ; native mutiny at, 210 ; murdering a Sereno at, 210 ; head-quarters of D. Leandro Gomez at, 210 ; Maua bank demolished at, 211 ; the battle ground of the Blancos and Colorados, 211 ; campaign, siege, and civil war at, 211 ; hopeless attitude of her defenders, 211 ; fall of, 213 ; massacre of women and children at, 213 ; attacked by cholera, 215 ; people buried at, 215 ; imports and exports of, 215 ; Mr. O'Connor's salting-house at 215 ; female indulgences at, 216 ; flax-growing not profitable at, 217

Paulista Volunteers a distinguished corps, 387 Paupers of Europe, where they should go, 248 Peterkin, M., contractor for guns to the Brazilian army, 274 Plaza de la Cathedral, amusements in the, 438 Plaza de la Victoria, the business part of Buenos Aires, 175; dark and dingy aspect of, 176 ; pronouncements prepared at, 177 ; indignation meeting at, 177 ; ridiculous obelisk at, 177 ; architecture of the reformed cathedral at, 178 Political prisoners, amnesty of, 55 Political quarrel by the people of S. Paulo, 33 Portena beauty not dazzling, 170 Portuguese squadron destroyed by a siege, 142 Potosi, remarkable emigrating to, 104 Prize-fighting on the Cerro, 125 Progreso balls frequented by celebrities, 186 Project for improving the channel at Buenos Aires, 157 Prospect of emigrants to the River Plate, 91 Prytz, M., the furious and ferocious Brazilian, 274

RiACHUELO, defeat of the navy at, 221