HORSE-RACING, at Palermo, 28; universality of, 107, 122; at Alta Gracia, 172-4; the Gaucho and, 228-9 HUDSON, W. H., "The Naturalist in La Plata," 93 HURLINGHAM, "B.A.," 27 IBERA, Lake, 267 IMMIGRANTS, Italians as, 10, 25, 53, 224; nationalities of, 63; typical English, 109-10; and political agitation, 241 IMMIGRATION, inducements for, 53; organisation of, 203, 223 INCA, 43 INDIANS, of Chaco district, 91; and horse and cattle stealing, 98; of Corrientes, 266 INDUSTRIAL school, methods at, 80 IRRIGATION, Government work in, 60; results of, 116; State and railway works for, 144, 150; in Mendoza, 208-9; in sugar district, 253 ITALIANS, as immigrants, 10, 25, 53; preponderance of, 224 ITALY and frozen meat, 127, 133 IRAOLA, Señor Pereyra, and champion bull, 152 JERKED beef, trade in, 128 JESU Maria, sanatorium of, 160 JEWISH Colonisation Society, the, 237, 238 JEWS, and wheat market, 23, 55; population of, 236; agricultural colonies of, 237-40 JOCKEY Club of Buenos Aires, 28, 123 JUAN de Rivadaneira, Fray, and introduction of horses, 120 KINDERGARTEN at Mendoza, 205 LABOUR, conditions of, 54; scarcity of, on _estancias_, 243, 252; influence of scarcity of, on industrial development, 257 LABOUR question at Rosario, 154-5 LABOUR troubles, frequency of, 84; in Buenos Aires, 258 LAND, profits on sale of, 47, 53, 64-5; ownership and labour on, 52 _et seq._; conditions of ownership in, 188-9 LAND values, 65; at Rosario, 157; at Bahia Blanca, 177; in Mendoza, 204 LA PLATA, 19; description of, 36-8; slaughter-houses at 70; university at, 78; and frozen meat trade, 124 "LA PRENSA," offices of, 41 LAS DAMAS da Beneficencia, 34 LATIN American, Spanish immigrants to, 2; range of, 3; possibilities of, 4; riches of, 5 LATIN immigrants at Rosario, 154; as farmers, 193 LATIN races, as emigrants, 3, 9, 25, 53; as seen in South America, 24, 59 LEPROSY in South America, 246 LICENCES for business, 82 LIEBIG Co., and meat extract trade, 129, 269; cattle-breeding station of, 268 LINIERS, slaughter-houses at, 129 LINSEED, Argentina's production of, 191 LIVE stock, value of exportations of, 60, 67; and importation embargo in Britain, 131 LLAMA, the, 116 LLOYD GEORGE, Mr., and Argentina, 24 LOCUSTS, depredations of, 61, 70, 233; and sugar districts, 254 LONDON and River Plate Bank, gold reserve of, 263 LONDON, chilled and frozen meat and, 126 LUMBER tracks of Posados, 243 MACKIE, Mr., on Pan-American railway scheme, 277 MAIZE, Argentina's production of, 191 MANUFACTURES, inability to develop, 83 MANUFACTURING resources, possible development of, 257 _et seq._ MAR DEL PLATA, 53; life at, 235; Great Southern Railway and, 151 MARES, distaste for, and slaughter of, 119