Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay. Richard Francis Burton

one another, 367

       Bateria de Cueva, the Paraguayan position of defence, 262

       Bateiia Londres, the Prince of Humbugs, 319

       Batlle, Colonel, seizure of, 114

       Battalions of women, rumours about, 379

       Batteries of Humaita, various, 319

       Battle cf Abay, hard fighting at, 425

       Battle of Acayuasa a great victory, 334

       Battle of Corrientes, loss of Argentines and Paraguayans equal, 290

       Battle of Cueva, failure of the Paraguayans at, 268

       Battle of Curupaity, serious loss of soldiers at, 305; scaling ladders forgotten by the Argentines, 305

       Battle of Itororo, loss of Brazilian sat, 427

       Battle of Loma Valentina, loss of Paraguayans and Brazilians at, 419 ; the whole affair a mystery, 419

       Battle of Monte Caseros, fall of Dictator Rosas at, 61 ; General Urquiza going to glory at, 253

       Battle of Paysandu, between the Blancos and Colerados, 211

       Battle of Potreiro- Sauce, surprises of the, 303

       Battle of the Lomas, and escape of General Caballero, 346

       Battle of Riachuelo, arrest of General Robles at, 264

       Battle of Veuces, and conquer of Corrientes, 59

       Battle of Yataity-Cora in 1866, 303

       Battle of Yatay, defeat of Colonel Duarto at, 221

       Belgrano, General, defeat of, at Corrientes, 288

       Berges, D., sent to govern Corrientes, 289

       Berro, D. Bernardo, grotesque appearance of, 114 ; murder of, 115

       Biscayans emigrating to PotosI, 104

       Blancos, rise of the, 114

       Bliss and Masterman arrested for high treason, 410

       Blood thirstiness of Montevideans, 122

       Bonpland, herbarium of, 288; taken prisoner, 51

       Bonpland, Madame, desperate adventures of, 288

       "Botany Bay" of Dr. Francia, 7

       Brazilian army, wrinkle offered to the, 310

       Brazilian cavalry, review of, 323

       Brazilian consul forgets his mother tongue, 219

       Brazilian infantry stubborn and obstinate, 387 ; the soldiers not free from corruption, 389

       Brazilian forces, inspecting the, 372

       Brazilian Marine Hospital, embezzlement of stores at, 291

       Brazilian negroes, manly fighting of the, 452

       Brazilian officers maltreated by Blanco girls, 119

       Brazilian soldier, curious antics of a, 468

       Brazilian soldiers in camp, clean appearance of, 336 ; cost of feeding them, 337

       Brazilian squadron, official list of the, 345

       Brazilian subaltern officers, bullying manners of, 447

       Brazilian treachery and indiscriminate massacre, 213

       Brazilians and Argentines, their alliance not sympathetic, 326

       Brazilians' confidence in two Paraguayan officers, 448

       Brazilians, oversight of the, 449

       Brazilians refuse a flag of truce, 447

       Brown, Admiral, successful feat of, 191

       Bruguez, General, lively little episode of, 262

       Buceo admired by bathers, 94

       Buenos Aires, revolutionary committee established at, 65 ; Fenian club at, 94 ; thirty people drowned in a storm, 127 ; salting houses in, 147 ; irregularity of steamers at, 152 ; savage mob at, 153; dangerous state of the new Muelle at, 153; the kiosk mania at, 154; injury to merchandize at, 155 ; difficulties in constructing a port at, 155 ; various opinions for constructing a port at, 156; Coghlan's project for improving the channel at, 156 ; increase of population at, 158; how Sunday is passed at, 159; dangerous state of streets at, 160 ; prevailing winds at, 162 ; street scandal inexcusable at, 162 ; thoroughfares imperfectly named at, 163 ; epidemic disorders at, 163 ; abusive and indecent writings on the wall at, 165 ; how a revolution begins at, 165 ; hotels, abominably bad and dear, 172 ; an Englishwoman's lodging-house at, 173 ; hideous Methodist chapel at, 173 ; Merced convent at, 170 ; Church of England temple at, 173 ; beauty and solidity of the buildings, 174 ; hideous relic of antiquity at, 176 ; scarcity of public vehicles at, 179 ; Cabildo, court of justice at, 179 ; impunity of crime at, 180 ; Mineral Water Establishment at, 181 ; museum of San Ignacio Church, 182 ; free club for travellers at, 183 ; a good opening for London publishers at, 183 ; fashionable shops in, 183 ; statue of General San Martin at, 183 ; attempts to burn the dead at, 184 ; familiarity at, 187 ; hospitality of the natives at, 188

       Buenos Aires to Southampton, parting grumble of the voyage from, 481

       Butter, preserving for two years, 205

       Caballero, General, captured at the Battle of Lomas, 346

       Cafe de Paris at Buenos Aires the great resort for bachelors, 184 ; dining at the, 169

       Californian widows, how they make fortunes, 352

       Calle Florida, the fashionable part of Buenos Aires, 183

       Caminos, M., reported to have been shot, 428

       Camp and City men, difference in the habits of, 120

       Campos and Martinez de la Hoz taken prisoners, 333

       Capella de Ipane, the place to enjoy picnics, 426

       Carvalho, Admiral, his neglect to pursue the flying enemy, 343

       Castle of S. Joseph, view of the ruins, 99

       Cattle estate not pleasant to visit, 102

       Caxias, Marshal, repulsed at the Cierva redoubt, 348 ; his career, 377 ; his fight at Monte Caseros, 377; employed in reducing Monte Video,377; accused of being slow in his military movements, 377 ; famous for selecting the strongest point of attack, 378

       Cemetery at Humaita, 353

       Census of Paraguay, 8

       Cerriio station, flooding of the, 301 ; seizure of, by Paraguayans, 301

       Cerro de Lambare the scene of an historic fight, 42t)

       Cerro, the, a fine view of Montevideo, 100

       Chaco, paradise and elysium of savages at, 256; wants a serious exploration, 257

       Chaco islets attributed to the agency of the earth's revolution, 259

       Chain at Gran Chaco, uselessness of, 332

       Charloni, Colonel, death of, 362

       ChS,teau des Fleurs, the familiar devil's acre, 243 ; it has the genuine look of a penny gaff", 243

       Chilenas ladies destroyed by fire in a Jesuit church, 414

       Chodasiewicz, Colonel, his proposed plan of attack on Paso Pucu, 359 ; plans of his first campaign, 382 ; his projects for the future, 382

       Christie, Mr., sent as Plenipotentiary to Asuncion, 64 ; fails in his mission, 64

       Club for travellers free at Buenos Aires, 183

       Club Nacional, Brazilian soldiers plundering the, 442

       Club Progreso and its invitations, 186 ; dancing at the, 187

       Colon theatre mean and ugly, 170

       Colonel du Graty, a mutilated translation of procured at Luque, 462

       Colonel Thompson's Guarani vocabulary, 3

       Colonizing in the River Plate, 88

       Colonia, La, short description of, 143