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George Whitfield Ray. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America
Table of Contents
PREFACE
G. W. R
INTRODUCTION
A PRELIMINARY WORD ON SOUTH AMERICA
PART I
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
CHAPTER I
BUENOS AYRES IN 1889
BUENOS AYRES AT THE PRESENT TIME
CHAPTER II
REVOLUTION
CHAPTER III
THE CRIOLLO VILLAGE
MUERA! VIVA LA VIRGEN CON TODOS LOS SANTOS!
CHAPTER IV
TEE PRAIRIE AND ITS INHABITANTS
PART II
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA
CHAPTER V
JOURNEY TO "THE UNEXPLORED LAKE."
CHAPTER VI
ARRIVAL AT THE LAKE
CHAPTER VII
PIEDRA BLANCA
PART III
PARAGUAY
PARAGUAY
CHAPTER VIII
ASUNCION
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
WE REACH THE SUN-WORSHIPPERS
CHAPTER XI
CHACO SAVAGES
PART IV
BRAZIL
BRAZIL
CHAPTER XII
A JOURNEY FROM RIO JANEIRO TO THE INLAND TOWN OF CORUMBA
RAFFLE FOB SOULS
FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF THE LADY OF NAZARETH
PART V
URUGUAY
THE LONE TRAIL
CHAPTER XIII
SKETCHES OF A HORSEBACK RIDE THROUGH THE REPUBLIC. I CROSS THE SILVER RIVER
MONTEVIDEO
NATIVE HOUSES AND HABITS
A WAKE, AND HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN
THE SNAKE'S HISTORY
A GIRL'S NEW BIRTH AND TRANSLATION
HOW I DID NOT LOSE MY EYES
A BACHELOR RABBIT
DRINKING WATER, SAINTS AND THE VIRGIN
NO NEED OF THE DOCTOR OR VET
A RACE FOR INFORMATION
I FIND DIAMONDS
A MAN WITH TWO NOSES AND TWO MOUTHS
A FLEET-FOOTED DEER
I SLEEP WITH THE RATS
I FIND A LONE SCOTSMAN
THE WORD OF GOD CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF THE R. C. CHURCH
PART VI
MARIOLATRY AND IMAGE WORSHIP
CHAPTER XIV
MARIOLATRY AND IMAGE WORSHIP
THE BIRTH OF MARY
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George Whitfield Ray
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In my experiences in South America I found cruelty to be a marked feature of the people. If the father thrusts his dagger into his enemy, and the mother, in her fits of rage, sticks her hairpin into her maid's body, can it be wondered at if the children inherit cruel natures? How often have I seen a poor horse fall between the shafts of some loaded cart of bricks or sand! Never once have I seen his harness undone and willing hands help him up, as in other civilized lands. No, the lashing of the cruel whip or the knife's point is his only help. If, as some religious writers have said, the horse will be a sharer of Paradise along with man, his master, then those from Buenos Ayres will feed in stalls of silver and have their wounds healed by the clover of eternal kindness. "God is Love."
I have said the streets are full of holes. In justice to the authorities I must mention the fact that sometimes, especially at the crossings, these are filled up. To carry truthfulness still further, however, I must state that more than once I have known them bridged over with the putrefying remains of a horse in the last stages of decomposition. I have seen delicate ladies, attired in Parisian furbelows, lift their dainty skirts, attempt the crossing—and sink in a mass of corruption, full of maggots.
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