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small town about 12 leagues down the River.<lb/> | small town about 12 leagues down the River.<lb/> | ||
I took 2 of my Assistants with me. I went to examine<lb/> | I took 2 of my Assistants with me. I went to examine<lb/> | ||
the Harbour, and found it a most beautiful one, < | the Harbour, and found it a most beautiful one, <sic>compleatly</sic><lb/> | ||
<unclear>sheltered</unclear> from every wind, and large enough<lb/> | <unclear>sheltered</unclear> from every wind, and large enough<lb/> | ||
to accommodate double the number of ships which<lb/> | to accommodate double the number of ships which<lb/> | ||
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<unclear><foreign>Santiago</foreign></unclear>: there are no less than four Rivers which<lb/> | <unclear><foreign>Santiago</foreign></unclear>: there are no less than four Rivers which<lb/> | ||
empty themselves into the Harbour. I never saw<lb/> | empty themselves into the Harbour. I never saw<lb/> | ||
so <sic>compleat</sic> a specimen of uncultivated nature,<lb/> | |||
as the mount presented There are three or four<lb/> | |||
channels which run across the mount from the<lb/> | |||
Harbour to the River: I went through two of them: as<lb/> | |||
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1823. Octr. 5.
Mr. James Bevans to J. B. Sharpe Esq.-Buenos Ayres 9th Feby. 1823.
will perceive that I am not gone to Martin
Gacia as I intended. In fact there is no getting on
as we do in England; but I set off tomorrow morning.
This last week I have been to Ensanada, a
small town about 12 leagues down the River.
I took 2 of my Assistants with me. I went to examine
the Harbour, and found it a most beautiful one, compleatly
sheltered from every wind, and large enough
to accommodate double the number of ships which
usually lay near Buenos Ayres, and I am of opinion
that the Harbour is capable of great Improvement.
I therefore think it will be used as the General
Harbour, and that a Canal will be cut to Buenos
Ayres: there is a long tongue of sand which encloses
the Harbour from the River. It is called Mounte
Santiago: there are no less than four Rivers which
empty themselves into the Harbour. I never saw
so compleat a specimen of uncultivated nature,
as the mount presented There are three or four
channels which run across the mount from the
Harbour to the River: I went through two of them: as
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