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George Thomas Love. A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the years 1820 to 1825
A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the years 1820 to 1825
Table of Contents
PREFACE
REMARKS. DURING. A FIVE YEARS’ RESIDENCE. IN. BUENOS AYRES
COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO
FOOTNOTES
APPENDIX
Rules of the Port of Buenos Ayres; Dues to be paid by Foreign and National Vessels; Penalties to which those are subject who violate the Laws of the Police, or who attempt to destroy in any manner the line of Buoys established on the Ortiz and Chico Banks, Mount Santiago, and Point Lara, or those which the Government may hereafter establish on other points of the river for the safety of navigators
RULES OF THE PORT
ANCHORAGE DUES
POLICE OF THE PORT
PENALTIES TO WHICH THOSE ARE LIABLE WHO DESTROY IN ANY MANNER THE LINE OF BUOYS ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT
Instructions for sailing from the Outer Roads of Buenos Ayres to Monte Video, by the North and South of the Chico Bank
By the North, or Main Channel
By the South of the Chico Bank
Instructions for sailing from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres, when passing by the Channels to the North and to the South of the Chico Bank
By the North side of the Chico Bank
From Punta del Indio, or Cape Indian, passing to the Southward of the Chico Bank
Observations
Variation of Depth of Water from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres, between the Banks Ortiz and Chico
Positions of the Ten Buoys placed on different Banks in the River Plate
Upon the Bank Chico there are Four Red Buoys
Upon the Bank Ortiz are placed Four Black Buoys
To the Ensenada de Barragan, on the Banks of Santiago and Lara, are placed Two Black Buoys
Observations
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George Thomas Love
Containing Remarks on the Country and Inhabitants; and a Visit to Colonia Del Sacramento
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The Alameda, or public walk of Buenos Ayres, is upon the beach, near the mole. It is totally unworthy such a city, and in the neighbourhood of all the rabble of the town. It is only about 200 yards in length, with rows of trees the height of bushes on each side, and brick seats, which are too much honoured by the fair forms that use them. A moderate assemblage frequent this walk on Sunday evenings: the beauty and dress of the females could alone tempt a stranger to visit it. On other days it is deserted, except by some elderly gentlemen, who, as in our St. James’s Park and Kensington Gardens, are glad to escape from the multitude, and commune with themselves.
The beach well deserves its nick-name of Wapping; being crowded with sailors of all nations, grog-shops, stores, &c. The English sailors idling about the beach would man a ship of war. A stranger, seeing so many English faces, might suppose it an English colony. At night, the sailors in the grog-shops dance, to the music of the fiddle and flute, reels, and the College hornpipe in perfection, astonishing the Spanish girls. At one of these pulperias, or grog-shops, on the beach, a large picture was lately hoisted, of H.M.S. Boyne in full sail, flags, signals, &c. streaming. The English sailors mustered in great numbers upon this occasion, and rent the air with their cheers.
