British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . service and the was after this that the British went beyond the firststage common to the immigrants in a foreign country:they took up land, and settled themselves for better orworse in the new territories of the South. I doubt if there has been a parallel in the entire his-tory of British immigration of the ease with which thesesettlers threw out their sentimental roots, and adaptedthemselves to their surroundings. The more practicals
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . service and the was after this that the British went beyond the firststage common to the immigrants in a foreign country:they took up land, and settled themselves for better orworse in the new territories of the South. I doubt if there has been a parallel in the entire his-tory of British immigration of the ease with which thesesettlers threw out their sentimental roots, and adaptedthemselves to their surroundings. The more practicalside of the influx was marked by the arrival of pedigreecattle, horses, and sheep, and soon the Shorthorns andHerefords, Hackneys and Clydesdales, Lincolns andRomney Marsh, began to transform the livestock popu-lation of the pastoral plains. On the whole, nothing could have been happier thanthe relations between these newcomers and their Argen-tine or Uruguayan neighbors. The influence was mu-tual. The South American rapidly adapted himself tothe British notions of breeding and sport. He took topolo, and learned how to go out with a gun a Vanglais;. AVENUE DE MAYO, BUENOS AIRES
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