Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay. Richard Francis Burton

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СКАЧАТЬ 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

       Paraguay©, 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

       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

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