Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in South America, During the Years 1819-20-21, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing an Account of the Present State of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile The Author has endeavoured to collect every fact which relates to the government, the resources and the prospects of the coun tries which he visited; and he trusts he has drawn an impartial sketch of every thing which came under his notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.