Excerpt from A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres: During the Years 1820 to 1825, Containing Remarks on the Country and Inhabitants, And a Visit to Colonia Del SacramentoAT a time when the rich and fertile provinces of South America are daily becoming increased objects of commercial consideration - when their riches and advantages are constantly forming the bases of fresh speculations - and when, under the security o¿'ered to person and property by the liberal institutions of a free and independent government, communication with them is every hour becoming more extended, - an illustration of their local a¿'airs, customs, manners, and people, cannot but be interesting.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.