Richard Francis Burton

“ 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 ”

“ 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 ”

“ Uruguayan national flag, description of the, 100
Uruguayan navigation compared with the Rhine, 218
Varela, D., compelled to quit France through a duel, 223
Velasco, Colonel, tactics of, 299
Vences, battle of, in 1847, 59
Veren, Baron von, evil report of, 402 ; three times arrested as a spy, 402
Villareal, Brazilian army encamped at,4 26
War-loan of Sor Riestra, 328
Wars teach nations their geography, 139
Washburn, Hon. Charles A., nonsensical abuse of, 129 ; introduction to, 408 ; he acts as mediator between the combatants, 409 ; his ill feeling with Lopez, 409 ”

“ Metropolitan cemetery at Buenos Aires, 184
Military and mob law, struggles of, 115
Military correspondent constituted, 80
Misiones first established in Paraguay, 26
Mission of Paraguay, military organization of the, 32
Missions system, remarkable features of, 32
Mitre, President, a prominent personage, 166
Money a signal for disorders among Brazilian soldiers, 468
Monte Video, terrific gales in, 84 ”

“ 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 ”

“ Church of England temple at, 173 ; beauty and solidity of the buildings, 174 ; hideous relic of antiquity at, 176 ; scarcity of public vehicles at, 179 ; Cabildo, court of justice at, 179 ; impunity of crime at, 180 ”

“ Lynch, Madam, her trials throughout the campaign, 71 ; birth of her first child, 73 ; miseries of the captives mitigated by, 74 ; her ambition, 74 ; her present to Captain Xenes' soldiers, 312 ; her quarters at Humaita, 318
M 'Donald, Dr., suggests a plan for a channel across the Albardon, 333
M'Mahon demands the release of Messrs. ”

“ Berges, D., sent to govern Corrientes, 289
Berro, D. Bernardo, grotesque appearance of, 114 ; murder of, 115
Biscayans emigrating to PotosI, 104
Blancos, rise of the, 114
Bliss and Masterman arrested for high treason, 410
Blood thirstiness of Montevideans, 122
Bonpland, herbarium of, 288; taken prisoner, 51
Bonpland, Madame, desperate adventures of, 288
"Botany Bay" of Dr. Francia, 7
Brazilian army, wrinkle offered to the, 310
Brazilian cavalry, review of, 323
Brazilian consul forgets his mother tongue, 219
Brazilian infantry stubborn and obstinate, 387 ”

“ 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 ”