Excerpt from Seven Eventful Years in Paraguay: A Narrative of Personal Experience Amongst the Paraguayans I have also been roughly handled for my opinion of the Brazilians; I regret I cannot alter it, although I have in deference to the wish of some well-wishers of theirs whom I esteem - softened the somewhat rude asperity of the terms in which I spoke of them; still I can but think that negro slaves do not make good soldiers, and that the Emperor - who is unquestionably the best ruler South America has seen for many a ...
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Excerpt from Seven Eventful Years in Paraguay: A Narrative of Personal Experience Amongst the Paraguayans I have also been roughly handled for my opinion of the Brazilians; I regret I cannot alter it, although I have in deference to the wish of some well-wishers of theirs whom I esteem - softened the somewhat rude asperity of the terms in which I spoke of them; still I can but think that negro slaves do not make good soldiers, and that the Emperor - who is unquestionably the best ruler South America has seen for many a long year - was singularly unfortunate in his choice of officers, and they, also, in their mode of conductin g the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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