THE LITTORINE PROVINCES.
SANTA FÉ--ENTRE RIOS--CORRIENTES--THE OLD JESUIT
MISSIONS--PARAGUAY UNDER DR. FRANCIA.
De Garay founds _Santa Fé_, and meets with Spaniards from
Peru. His subsequent Deeds and Death. The Government of the
Rio de la Plata separated from that of Paraguay, and Santa
Fé annexed to Buenos Ayres. Its former prosperity, and
great capabilities, especially for Steam Navigation. _The
Entre Rios_--constituted a Province in 1814, its Extent,
Government, and Population--chiefly a grazing Country.
_Corrientes_--its valuable natural Productions--mistaken
ideas of the people as to Foreign Trade. The Lake
Ybera--Pigmies, Ants, Ant-Eaters, Locusts, and Beetles.
_The Missions_ now depopulated--their happy and flourishing
state under the Jesuits. _Paraguay_--some Account of its
former Prosperity and Trade, and the establishment of the
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