THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION, AND PARAGUAY. Being a Narrative of the Exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and Adjacent Countries, during the Years 1853, '54, '55, and '56, under the orders of the United States Government. BY THOMAS J. PAGE, U.S.N., One Volume Large Octavo, with Map and numerous Illustrations. This Volume contains the Official Narrative of one of the most important expeditions ever sent out by our Government. Early in 1853 the steamer Water Witch was placed under the command of Lieutenant PAGE, with instructions to explore the Rivers of La Plata, and report upon their navigability and adaptation to commerce. Lieutenant PAGE executed his commission with rare fidelity and intelligence, and has embodied the results in this volume. The explorations described in the Narrative embrace an extent of 3600 miles of river navigation, and 4400 miles of journey by land in Paraguay and the Argentine Confederation. The River Paraguay alone was found to be navigable, at low water, by a steamer drawing nine feet, for more than two thousand miles from the ocean. The basin of La Plata is almost equal in extent to that of the Mississippi, and not inferior in salubrity of climate and fertility of soil, while the head waters of its rivers penetrate the richest mineral provinces of Brazil and Bolivia. The products of this region must find their outlet through the River La Plata. The population numbers scarcely one person to a square mile, but great inducements to emigration are now offered by the Argentine Confederation. The commerce of the country, already considerable, is capable of immediate and almost indefinite increase. Lieutenant PAGE's Narrative contains ample information respecting the soil, climate, and productions of the country, and the manners, habits, and customs of the people. 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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loando on the West Coast; thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. By DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D., D.C.L. Two Maps by ARROWSMITH, a Portrait on Steel, and numerous Illustrations. New Edition, with Copious Index. One Volume, Svo, Price $3 00. NOTICE. Messrs. HARPER & BROTHERS take this opportunity of cautioning the public against several spurious publications, which, by artful advertisements, are made to appear as though emanating from Dr. Livingstone. They are authorised to say that Dr. Livingstone repudiates them entirely, and wishes it to be generally known that the present work is the only authentic narrative of his Adventures and Travels in Africa. 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What he has achieved, and endured, and conquered; the witchcraft which, for sixteen years, he has used against a vertical sun and a malign climate--how he has run the gauntlet of carnivores and pachyderms, and ophidia-how he has lived on roots, and locusts, and frogs, and moistened his mouth only with rain or river water-how he has striven with thirst and fever, with the loss of letters and the absence of intelligent companionship-how he has sounded unknown lakes, broken through thorny jungles, navigated unknown rivers, opened to light a world teeming with floral, animal, and mineral wonders-obtaining ingress for science, for commerce, for religion-and leading after him, as the special spoils of his expedition, a throng of colored indigeni, drawn along by no other fetters save of love and admiration. So runs the story of his book-a book not so much of travel and adventure as, in its purport and spacious relation, a veritable poem. -Athenæum. 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