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In a message dated 10/18/1999 10:21:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Lycidas at worldnet.att.net writes:

<< GR.264.27 "The tyrant Rosas" >>

Darwin & the captain of the Beagle, on their famous voyage, were guests of 
Rosas when they stopped in the port of Bahia Blanca in the south of the 
province of Buenos Aires.  He had vast land holdings throughout the province 
& an army of loyal gauchos.