The road for the space of a league was quite deserted.

I met one party of soldiers, who were satisfied by gravely looking at an old passport: and at length I was not a little pleased to find myself within the city.
This revolution was supported by scarcely any pretext of grievances: but in a state which, in the course of nine months (from February to October, 1820), underwent fifteen changes in its government--each governor, according to the constitution, being elected for three years--it would be very unreasonable to ask for pretexts.

In this case, a party of men--who, being attached to Rosas, were disgusted with the governor Balcarce--to the number of seventy left the city, and with the cry of Rosas the whole country took arms.

The city was then blockaded, no provisions, cattle or horses, were allowed to enter; besides this, there was only a little skirmishing, and a few men daily killed.

The outside party well knew that by stopping the supply of meat they would certainly be victorious.