[from Hugh MacDonell's "Remarks on the River Plate Republics as a Field for British Emigration," 1872, in John Lynch's Massacre in the Pampas, 1872, Oklahoma, 1998]
The chief obstacles to the success of the success of the British immigrant consist in the climate, the language, habits and customs of the natives, the tardy acquisition and hazardous tenure of land, the invasions of Indians, the unjust seizure of property both by rebel and government troops, the absence of the means of transit and communication, whether by roads, navigable rivers or railways, the defective administration of justice, and the jealousy with which he is regarded by the inhabitants of this country.
[for more on the topic, read this on-line excerpt from Andrew Graham-Yooll's Forgotten Colony, 1981]
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