PROVINCES OF CUYO.
SAN LUIS, MENDOZA, SAN JUAN.
The towns of Cuyo formerly attached to Cordova. Value
of the old municipal institutions. SAN LUIS, wretched
state of the population. The miserable weakness of the
Government exposes the whole southern frontier of the
Republic to the Indians. Aconcagua seen from the town.
Mines of Carolina. Account of a journey over the Pampas in
a carriage. MENDOZA, extent, rivers, artificial irrigation,
productions. Mines not worth working by English companies.
Ancient Peruvian road. City of Mendoza, and salubrity of
the Climate. SAN JUAN. The productions similar to those of
Mendoza, Wine, Brandy, and Corn--Quantity of Corn produced
yearly. Mines of Jachal Character of the people. Passes
across the Andes. Dr. Gillies' account of an excursion by
those of the Planchon and Las Damas. Singular animal found
in the provinces of Cuyo named the Chlamyphorus, described
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