Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay. Richard Francis Burton

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       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 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 СКАЧАТЬ