31st October 1833

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Syms Covington’s Journal: Stopt BY the army all the forenoon (a curious sight AS I HAD BEEN up to MY middle in water for several miles). Got...

30th October 1833

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Syms Covington’s Journal: Left Camp October 30th. Slept at an estancia the same night.

22nd October to November 1st

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St Fe. to B: Ayres These disturbances caused me much inconvenience; my servant was outside, I was obliged to bribe a man to smuggle him in t...

21st October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres Arrived early in the morning at Rolors encampment, the general, officers, & soldiers all appeared, & I believe re...

20th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres I was very anxious to reach B. Ayres, so that I determined to leave the vessel at Las Conchas & ride into town a dist...

18th & 19th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres Sailed quietly on with gentle winds, & anchored in the middle of the night near the mouth of the Parana, called Las P...

17th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres Gale, remained stationary.

16th October 1833

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[Modern Rosario] St Fe. to B: Ayres Some leagues above Rozario we came to cliffs, which are absolutely perpendicular, these form the West ...

15th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres We got under weigh; passed Punta Gorda, where there is colony of tame Indians from the province of Missiones. We sailed...

13th & 14th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres A constant gale & rain from the SE, remained at our moorings, the greater part of the time I passed in bed, as the ca...

12th October 1833

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St Fe. to B: Ayres Embarked on board the Balandra; a one masted vessel of a hundred tuns; we made sail down the current. The weather continu...

6th - 11th October 1833

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[A modern map of the area in which Darwin spends the next week... in 1833 of course!] St Fe By the indolence of the master & from bad w...

5th October 1833

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St Fe Crossed the Parana to St Fe Bajada, or as it is now called Parana, the capital of Entre Rios. The passage took up four hours; winding ...

3rd & 4th October 1833

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St Fe Unwell in bed. St Fe is nice, straggling town, with many gardens. It is kept clean & in good order. The governor of the provinc...