Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-25


TO pass the night i'm my carriage.
The horses had been driven into the Coral or
circular enclosure before night which enabled
us 10 set oil at the dawn OF day. At 10 O'Clock
the heat became so intense, that we were u
biiged Ia hait until after the siesta IA word
which means the afternoon nap but is fire.
qnentiy usedto signify the heat OF the uav.
We We're ierried across the riv er 10, zero in A
tat Its iia'i.abie stream. which takes il,
rise ~ ilie nIOuu;ainS Uf COrdova aud flows i'm.
10 the par1na but the trade or CortIo,, -
conducted by land either direct 10 Rrenos
Ayros, or by Santa Fe. Ia the afternoon
SHOT sI'aii antelope with my rifle, au,i my
postiilonS caught a great many uuaiiS /, An
extraordinary manmcT. When they IN. r. :,
BIRD they ride round IL. gradually ,iimiui ,htu..
The crrie. and whirliug their luus rpii,s over
thcir heads. al iirst the bird follows The motion
with the eye aud head and then crouules ~
| 1t afraid 10 move; on coming within roach
they strike At "tb the reins or moose il viii, :.
| running knot fixed TO the end OF n cane.
We passed the ri,e' 0narto, an incon,dera-
bic stream, anu arrived on tue SIKH, d,v a, :,
| small town, called Trnyle Mue,to ,itui,.J a,
Tue western extremity of the plains one hmm
ured and sixty leagues from BuenoS Ayres
pn'mg this ride, had been struck with Tho
Resemblance between The Pap,nas ot Eu.nn
Ayfes. and the StcpeS in the south of Ru.-
Sia. 'oth exhibit the same sou,,,lI.ss unbrn
Ken eApanse, the same teI liliiy of soil in tho
rainy season and dry pGrchci appearance
OF the land during the heat OF the snm,,.r. ~
total want OF trees; the streams few and ,f
ihe same brackish nature; the pondS aud I.l as
NJ both encrusted with salt, which et,lo,.srss
IN each IN the same manner, on The su,t;,c, ~
thc EARN giving IT at times the appearance of
beng covered with boar frost The ch,r,r'
ter OF the inhabitants Is likewise worry s,,n;i,r
! he india.s OF the Pahpas (QuarontIies1 orc
NoniadeS. hVin. in Temporary huts and teuts
on 'hc bo,"ers OF the rivers. and formerly de-
pendant for subsistence on the Chace The
increase ct cattle has been SD great Ihst 3D.
people are NOW all shepherds who vben tb :.
| pastures are exhausted, move with their Hocks
ANA nerds In spots where il is more abAn,,ant
Another ieatuie otresemblance he tween ,he,r
| plains, which strikes the traveller viz H.
wandered svci both, Is the swarus of n,osone
' toes which constantly hover over and tornont
him. The anteiope and tbecnj .ro c ~, =.
/ both. """ j"
! The dangers aud difficulties with which
had been threatened vanished as / advanced
| NO real cause Of alarm exists in passin,r these
plans III time of peace. The Indians will
soi'le'ilheS piiier, a'id have been known to rob
caravans or cats, but they never venture In
| attack those who are provided with fire arms
Tie only danger AT this period arises from fine
| passage OF the troops, and from bands of de.
| sertCrs from the army ofPeru.
! a few leagues from Tiale Muerto rho ro,de
uiVcrge one Inclines to the north and leads IN
| Sordova, and the other due west 10 Neudozo
| he mountains of Cordova are seen al dis.
| 'ance, ana the country broken and wooded
| with low thorn, (acaca mimOSa1 The roads
| are her"m nch worn by the carts the Wheels
| "i these machines are ten feet in diameter. and
| the rutS became so very deep that we were
| Obliged frequently to hoe down lie earth he
| tween Them IN order To pass the carriage
| LII tour days from rrayie MueIto we reached
| IA Punta de San Luis, one of the earliest ser
| Elements IN the vice royalty. Tie town which
| IS surrounded BY amud wall is in a!amentable
| stale OF decay, but the country around il being
| we'll watered by the DeSaquatera is fertile
| ana toierabIy well cultivated in artificial naS
| lures, principally of lucerne San Iujs is a
| district OF the province of Cordoya hui il Al
| present governed by a military geye;nor ~,
| painted by the Junta of Bnenos Ayrcs cbyiu
OF hills extends from hence t. lie moun,sinS
OF Curdova and terminates anruptIv ahout :,
| league below San Luis NY carriage had been
! shattered by the bad roads and I was forced
| 10 remain two days to have il repaired. In
| walking the streets, which divorce from n
| square an. iniersrct each Other "A, right angles
| observed the houses 10 b. low aud iu,It nj
mud or nnburnt brick the enclosures of mnd
asa tRe wuole appearance Of the town exremp.
! ~ gloomy. stu there is no such thing known
! Throughout this cnuntry as extreme poverty
| every necessary of life is cheap and abundant
! l.uXuiies are very dear and owing to iheir
distance from market. are not attanable hy
| those who III other countries wnnId he thongLt
| large proprietors. have seen i'm Pampas tI,e
| owner OF ii square league of Iand stock cd
| with thousand head OF catiie five or six hmr.
| dred horses. aud as many sheep living in Il hu,
| Win Tie bare necessareS Of life.
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