Excerpt from Letters on South America, Vol. 3 of 3: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Parana¿ and Rio De La Plata

J. P. R. to General Miller, A Leak sprung - Departure from Buenos Ayres for England - Hopes and Anticipations - Arrival at the Isle of Wight - My Impressions of an English Hotel - Departure from Cowes - Bath Society - Arrival in London - London Society, J. P. R. to General Miller, The Difficulty in giving News about England and Scotland - Arrival at the Home of my Boyhood - A Scotch Postilion - A Family roused - Introduction to Strangers - The Recognition - New Relations - My Mother - A Scotch Breakfast - The Lion of the Morning - A Confession - Edinburgh Society - Auld Reekie not Athens - The Calton Hill - Leith Walk - Arthur's Seat - Salisbury Craigs - The Pentland Hills - Surrounding Scenery - Edinburgh Castle - Holyrood House or Palace - Neighbourhood of the Abbey - The New Town of Edinburgh - Inhabitants of the New Town - Their Society - A Bon-Mot

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