Chapter II: Preface: vii

I. THE COUNTRY 1

II. THE METROPOLIS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 22

III. THE CAMP 48

IV. THE RIVER OF SILVER 74

V. THE GARDEN OF THE REPUBLIC 99

VI. THE PROVINCE OF GOOD AIRS 121

VII. THE MYSTERIOUS LAND OF THE PATA-GOAS 136

VIII. CROSSING THE CONTINENT 158

IX. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 189

X. THE PEOPLE AT PLAY 209

XI. EDUCATION AND THE ARTS 230

XII. THE FORCES OF DEFENCE 246

XIII. RAILROADS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT 260

XIV. RELIGIOUS FORCES 287

XV. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPRESSION 298

XVI. THE ERA OF DEVELOPMENT 329

XVII. TRADE CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA 361

XVIII. A PROMISING REPUBLIC 377

APPENDICES 405

INDEX 415

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PLAZA DE MAYO, BUENOS AIRES (see page 35) _Frontispiece_

MAP OF ARGENTINA _facing_ ix

ON THE UPPER PARANÁ RIVER 4

“GIANT CRANES ARE SWINGING” 25

“THEY FILE AROUND AND AROUND BETWEEN THE PALMS” 29

“THE BROAD AND IMPOSING AVENIDA DE MAYO” 34

THE AVENIDA ALVEAR 35

ONE OF THE PALATIAL HOMES OF BUENOS AIRES 38

“COWS ARE BROUGHT TO THE DOOR” 41

THE RICOLETA CEMETERY 43

“AGRICULTURE HAS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE” 51

THRESHING GRAIN ON AN ESTANCIA 52

“NOT A HANDSOME STRUCTURE, BUT ... RATHER STRIKING” 54

A HERD OF HALF-WILD HORSES 63

“THE HARVESTING MACHINES ARE USUALLY PROPELLED FROM THE REAR” 65

A GAUCHO AND HIS WIFE ON AN OUTING 67

GAUCHOS BRANDING CATTLE 71

A FOREST IN THE GRAN CHACO 90

AN INDIAN WOMAN OF THE GRAN CHACO 95

AMONG THE HILLS OF CORDOBA 109

“A SOMNOLENT ATMOSPHERE SEEMS TO PREVAIL” 124

THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE, LA PLATA 126

PUERTO GALVAN, BAHIA BLANCA 131

A SHEEP DIP 143

NATIVE INDIANS OF PATAGONIA 148

USELESS BAY, TIERRA DEL FUEGO 151

A GLIMPSE OF THE ANDES FROM MENDOZA 167

CROSSING THE ANDES 175

“THE CHRIST OF THE ANDES” 176

A GROUP OF PEONS 193

ONE OF ARGENTINA’S DAUGHTERS 200

BLACK-HAIRED CHILDREN OF ARGENTINA 203

THE HIPPODROMO, BUENOS AIRES 210

A SUMMER COTTAGE AT EL TIGRE 216

“IMPOSING CREEPER-CLAD COTTAGES ARE DOTTED ALONG THE BANK” 217

MAR DEL PLATA 222

ON THE BEACH, MAR DEL PLATA 227

A SECONDARY SCHOOL 232

THE COLUMBUS THEATRE, BUENOS AIRES 245

A POLICEMAN OF ARGENTINA 248

THE ARMOURED CRUISER, “PUEYRREDON” 257

BRIDGE OF THE INCAS 267

RAILWAY STATION, SANTA FÉ 274

CHURCH IN CORRIENTES, BUILT IN 1588 289

SAN MARTIN AND O’HIGGINS AT LA CUMBRE, CROSSING THE ANDES
INTO CHILE 316

TYPICAL WAGONS OF THE PAMPAS 341

ROLLS OF PAPER FROM GERMANY 364

CONGRESS PALACE AND THE PLAZA, BUENOS AIRES 381

SHIPPING HIDES TO THE UNITED STATES 394

ARGENTINA AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY