LETTERS ON SOUTH AMERICA; COMPRISING TRAVELS ON THE BANKS OF THE PARANÁ AND RIO DE LA PLATA. BY J. P. AND W. P. ROBERTSON, AUTHORS OF “LETTERS ON PARAGUAY,” AND “FRANCIA'S REIGN." IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. C LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1843. CONTENTS 09 THE SECOND VOLUME. Page Preparations to leave Goya—The Goya Squire—His Daughters Our Imprisonment— The Goya Prison, and Inmates of the Prison-house-Its Furniture-Our Flitting-A portentous Visit from Macdougall in his Dreadnought-A Dangerous Proposal-Rejected—Weapons of War laid down for the Fiddle—The Supper-The Comandante's Alarm and In- terference-He desires to see us, being ill in bed—We refuse to go, but at length consent—The Liberation-Doña Rosita wins over her Papa, and marries her Lover-The result of the Interview—Mora's Chagrin—The Coman- dante's Rebuke of his Uncle-Mora, ashamed of his |