. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Wy We St or breenw;c^l 58- Depths. f=H ^ 0to5 Fathoms. 5 to 25 Fathoms. 25 Fathoms and upwards. 50 Miles. gateway through which the predatory Indians penetrated into the plains of Buenos Ayres. Hence, in 1822, a fort was erected at this strategical point. Some miles from Tandil is seen the famous piedra movediza, or " logging rock,'* an erratic boulder weighing 270 toiïs, poised at a single point of its broad base on a steep granite cliff. Although it sways in the wind, according to a local tradition a team of thirty oxen failed to upset it. This block
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Wy We St or breenw;c^l 58- Depths. f=H ^ 0to5 Fathoms. 5 to 25 Fathoms. 25 Fathoms and upwards. 50 Miles. gateway through which the predatory Indians penetrated into the plains of Buenos Ayres. Hence, in 1822, a fort was erected at this strategical point. Some miles from Tandil is seen the famous piedra movediza, or " logging rock,'* an erratic boulder weighing 270 toiïs, poised at a single point of its broad base on a steep granite cliff. Although it sways in the wind, according to a local tradition a team of thirty oxen failed to upset it. This block was sacred in the eyes of the Indians, and is still regarded with awe by the Gauchos. On January 1st, 1873, a band of about 100 natives made it their trysting-place on an
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