30th & 31st May 1833

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Maldonado Usual quiet occupations; one days collecting & the next arranging.

28th & 29th May 1833

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Maldonado Captain FitzRoy hired a small Schooner to go to the Rio Negro to bring Mr Wickham in order that he might take command of our Schoo...

25th to 27th May 1833

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Maldonado Took a long walk to the Laguna del Potrero; my principal object at present is birds, of which there are a great number of very bea...

24th May 1833

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Maldonado The Beagle returned from M. Video. Mr Hammond is discharged into the Pylades & ultimately intends leaving the service. Captain...

21st to 23rd May 1833

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Maldonado Employed in arranging the fruits of my excursion, & in collecting in the neighbourhood of the Town.

20th May 1833

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Maldonado We arrived there in the afternoon. I am well satisfied with this little excursion, which besides an outline of the geology, has gi...

19th May 1833

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Sierra de las Animas I got up early to ascend the Sierra de las Animas. This & Pan de Azucar are well known land-marks in navigating the...
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18th May 1833

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Maldonado In the morning we rode to the house of Sebastian de Pimiento; a relation of Gonzales & a fine old Cavallero. His house was bet...

16th & 17th May 1833

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Las Minas again Returned by a route rather different, & slept at a house, 4 leagues from Las Minas. Yesterday's rain had so filled t...

15th May 1833

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Polanco Bad weather; all the other days have been fine so that I have no cause to complain: we remained all day in the house & it was to...

14th May 1833

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Polanco The country continues very much the same; it was about the Polanco more level & the hills less steep & there were a few tree...

13th May 1833

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Pulperia In the evening arrived at a Pulperia, north of the Rio Polanco. It was my furthest point: its distance in a straight line from Mald...

12th May 1833

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Las Minas We crossed the Rio Marmaraga & proceeded to the Tapes; where a widow woman, a friend of Gonzales gave us a most hospitable rec...

11th May 1833

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Las Minas In the morning we pursued rather a rambling course; as I was examining several beds of marble. We crossed some fine plains aboundi...