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The Port—Custom-House Regulations | 1 |
Visit of the Health Boat | 2 |
Outer and Inner Roads | 3 |
Pilots | 4 |
Port of Ensenada | — |
Barraccas | — |
Navigation of the River Plate | — |
Balandras, or lighters, for lading and unlading vessels | — |
Carts used for embarking and disembarking | — |
Packets between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video | 5 |
Climate | 6 |
Diseases | 9 |
Environs of the City | — |
Alameda, or Public Walk | 10 |
The Beach, crowded with Sailors | — |
Coffee-Houses and Hotels | 11 |
Public Buildings: The Fort—Consulado—Cabildo—Bank—House of Representatives—Custom-House—Public Library—Botanical Museum—Retiro—Residencia | 14to16 |
Squares and Streets | 16 |
Houses | 17 |
Churches | 18 |
Theatre | 22 |
Circus | 33 |
FOREIGN RESIDENTS. |
British: Merchants, Shopkeepers, Medical Men, &c. | 33to35 |
British Commercial Subscription-Room | 37 |
Establishment of Packets from Falmouth | 39 |
Dispute between Captain Willis and the Government | 41 |
Treaty with England | 43 |
English Females at Buenos Ayres | 44 |
Many Englishmen have married Buenos-Ayrean Wives | 45 |
Death of Mr. Dallas, and of Mr. Rowcroft | 47 |
Death of Jack Hall | — |
Irish Yankies | 48 |
North-American Residents | 49 |
Death of Mr. Rodney | 51 |
Frenchmen | 52 |
Portuguese | 53 |
Germans, Italians, Prussians, &c. | 54 |
NATIVE (OR CREOLE) AND SPANISH INHABITANTS. |
Persons, Dispositions, and Manners | 55 |
Compliments of Salutation | 57 |
Practice of giving Flowers to Visitors | — |
Smoking Segars | — |
Politeness | 58 |
Yerba, or Tea of Paraguay | 59 |
Time of Meals | — |
Siesta, or Afternoon Nap | — |
Tertulias, or Public Dances | 60 |
Sweetmeats much eaten | 61 |
Etiquette, when walking in public, and in the ball-room | — |
Dancing | 62 |
Music | — |
Consulado Musical School-Room | 63 |
Philharmonics, a Musical Subscription Society | 64 |
Mothers watch their Daughters with great strictness | — |
Marriages take place early | 65 |