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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