. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of "Beagle" under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Natural history; Geology; Voyages around the world. LANDING AT i;L'ENOS AYRES. CHAPTER VI ScL oui liir ] A}!c^ Kiu Sauce -Sicua VcnLana- 'I'liiril -T)ri\iiii^ Horses—liolas — Partridges and I'u\cs-- FeaUuua of the Country — Long- legged riover — Teru-tero — Ilail-storm — Natural Knclosures in tlie Sierra Tapalgucn—Flesli of I'unia — Meat Diet — Guardia del Mo
. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of "Beagle" under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Natural history; Geology; Voyages around the world. LANDING AT i;L'ENOS AYRES. CHAPTER VI ScL oui liir ] A}!c^ Kiu Sauce -Sicua VcnLana- 'I'liiril -T)ri\iiii^ Horses—liolas — Partridges and I'u\cs-- FeaUuua of the Country — Long- legged riover — Teru-tero — Ilail-storm — Natural Knclosures in tlie Sierra Tapalgucn—Flesli of I'unia — Meat Diet — Guardia del Monte — Effects of Cattle on the \'egetalion—Cardoon—Buenos .V)'res—Corral where Cattle are slaughtered. IJAIIIA BLANCA TO liUEXOS AVKES Scptcinhir \i//i—I hired a Gaucho to accompaii)- mc on my ritlc t(j Bucno.'i .\yrcs, thout^rji with some difficulty, as the father of one man was afraid to let him go, and another who seemed willinLjf, was described to me as so fearful that I was afraid to take him, f.)r I was told that e\en if he saw an ostrich at a distance, he would mistake it for an Indian, and would H)- like the wind away. The distance to Piucnos A)'rcs is about foin- hundred miles, aiid nearly the whole wa)' thiough an uninhabited countr)'. Wc startetl eaily in the morning ; ascending a few hundred feet from the basin of green turf on which liahia Hlanca stands, we entered on a wide desolate plain. It consists of a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. London : J. Murray
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