Sierra de la Ventana, 143 Silesian Brothers, 199 Silver, 164, 166, 179, 214 Single-tax, 28 Smuggling, overland, 209 Socialism, 28, 70 Society, Argentine, 4 Soil, The nature of, 246, 247, 248 Spain, 29, 30 Spanish blood, 40, 46 Spanish-speaking commercial travellers, 107 Speculative shares, 113, 118 Squadron of Security, 14 Soler Theatre, 79 “Soriano” (Department), 63, 212, 214 “Standard,” The Buenos Aires, 191 Statistics, Foreign trade, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 Statistics, Uruguayan, Deficiencies of, 132 Stock Exchange, Buenos Aires, 113, 114 Storekeeper, 8 Sugar, 16, 160, 161, 162, 167, 218 Sugar-beet, 236 Sulphur, 179 “Sun of May,” 168 “Swallows” (Golondrinas), 9 Sweet Sorghum, 236 Swiss colony, 27 Tandíl, 82, 143, 144 Tarquin (bull), 261 Tea, 236 Tellier, Charles, 251, 269 Terrasson, Eugenio, 251 Theatre, 58 “The Land we Live on,” 229 Tierra del Fuego, 63, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200 Tigre River, 87, 89, 143 Timber, 16, 187, 202, 209, 277, 298 Tin, 164, 166 Tobacco, 16, 181, 218, 219, 220 Tornquist, Mr. C. A., 19, 21-26 Tosca, 247, 248 Tramways, Buenos Aires, 84 Tramways, Montevideo, 71, 85 Transandine Railway, 175, 177 Traps for the unwary, 9 Treinta y Tres (Department), 63 Tres Arroyos, 142 Tronador (mountain), 187 Tucuarembo (Department), 63, 212 Tucumán, Province of, 63, 160, 161, 162, 163 Tucumán (Province), Chief products of, 160 United States, 44, 105 United States, trade methods, 105, 106 Urquíza, General, 151, 152 Uruguay, 212, 213, 214 Uruguay, River, 123, 155, 156 Ushuaia, 199 Vanilla, 236 Varela, Juan Cruz, 299 Viceroys, Viceregal, 29 Victoria Island, 187 Vicuna, 173 Viedma, 192 Viera, Dr., 18 Villa Constitución, 145 Villanueva, Señor Benito, 143 Voting, Obligatory, 36 Walle, Paul, 159, 197 War, The, 18, 28 Welsh colony, 27, 194, 195 Wheat (chief areas of production), 223, 224 Wheat (export), 135, 242, 246 Wheat and lucerne, Alternation of, 254, 255 White, Mr., 261 “Whites,” 32, 60, 69, 76 Windmills, Water-drawing, 142, 225, 260 Wine, 157, 165, 174, 175, 177, 180 Wit, Native, 13 Wolfram, 157 Women, 55, 57 Wool exports, 136, 260, 267 Yankee, 48, 106 Zárate, 151, 254 Zeballos, Dr., 263 Zinc, 179 PRINTED BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND Transcriber’s Note List of changes made to the text to correct suspected printing errors: Page 5 “Is there a good bargain to be made” changed to “If there is a good bargain to be made” Page 17 “the latter is still” changed to “the former is still” Page 43 “certain Argentine amateur philogists” changed to “certain Argentine amateur philologists” Page 65 “would proceed to rat shamelessly” changed to “would proceed to rant shamelessly” Page 79 “take convenient tram” changed to “take a convenient tram”