It is a great drawback to the scenery of the Parana, that, from the soft nature of its banks, the water is very muddy.

The Uruguay, flowing through a granitic country, is much clearer; and where the two channels unite at the head of the Plata, the waters may for a long distance be distinguished by their black and red colours.

In the evening, the wind being not quite fair, as usual we immediately moored, and the next day, as it blew rather freshly, though with a favouring current, the master was much too indolent to think of starting.

At Bajada, he was described to me as "hombre muy aflicto"-- a man always miserable to get on; but certainly he bore all delays with admirable resignation.

He was an old Spaniard, and had been many years in this country.