JB/012/095/002

Click Here To Edit 1823, Octr. 31. 6. Mr. James Bevans to JB. Sharpe Esq. Benos Ayres 9 Feby. 1823.

I have been informed by a captain who shot one,
that it was the best pork in the Country, which
is easily accounted for by their living wholly on
vegetable food, whilst the Tame Swine live entirely
on Beef. One day whilst at Ensanada, I went
about a league from the Town to see the Bed of Marine
Shells, which are burnt for lime; it is situated
on the edge of the high ground, which forms
a segment of a circle from Ensanada to Buenos
Ayres. We had to go about half the distance through
what they call a Banyone, which is a compleat Bog. We had considerable difficulty in getting
through, although there has been comparatively
no rain for three months. I have much to regret
my want of Chymical and Botanical knowledge:
here is a very wide field for both. The insects
of this Country are extremely beautiful, and
when the inhabitants from having had good educations
are capable of knowing the value of the
spot in the Globe which they inhabit much
good will result. But the present generation
are not to be looked to as real operators, only as they
support an enlightened government. Public Education
by Lancasterian Schools are generally established,
and by that means, with the decline
of the influence of the Holy Fathers, much future
good may be calculated upon. An attempt was
made by the Ministers to pass a law through the
Junta, to dissolve the Monasteries, but the influence
of the Monks prevented it's being carried,
however. The Ministry compleatly out generaled
the Monks: they withdrew the Law, but obtained
one which obliged all the monks to live strictly
according to the rules of their orders, and at the same
time gave them liberty to withdraw from their
convents, making proper provision for them: the
consequence is that the Monastery of white
Friars has been deserted by all the monks, and
the same is now dissolved by the monks themselves, not
choosing to live according to rule, and it is calculated that
a few months will clear the other two monasteries.
Feby. 10

Identifier: | JB/012/095/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1823-02-09	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	095	Info in main headings field	mr james bevans to j. b. sharpe esq. buenos ayres 9th feby 1823
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / d6
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1822
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1822
Notes public		ID Number	4156
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