Through the heart of Patagonia . very smalland recent one exists at Colohaupi, near Lake Musters, andanother, The i6th October, far away in the Cordillera. Thislast is the single settlement of any size south of parallel 40 in thecentral interior. A fringe of farms runs along the coast, and at the mouths ofthe rivers are situated little frontier towns, such as San Julian,Santa Cruz and GalleLTOS. Towards the south and aloiiij theshores of the Strait the fringe of farms has grown broader andthe country is more generally settled, the Chilian twn of PuntaArenas being an important port. The few vas
Through the heart of Patagonia . very smalland recent one exists at Colohaupi, near Lake Musters, andanother, The i6th October, far away in the Cordillera. Thislast is the single settlement of any size south of parallel 40 in thecentral interior. A fringe of farms runs along the coast, and at the mouths ofthe rivers are situated little frontier towns, such as San Julian,Santa Cruz and GalleLTOS. Towards the south and aloiiij theshores of the Strait the fringe of farms has grown broader andthe country is more generally settled, the Chilian twn of PuntaArenas being an important port. The few vast straggling farmsare given up chiefly to sheep-breeding, the main export beingwool. Put cattle and horses are also raised in large; numbers, forthe land has proved very suitable for pasturage. The tarmbuildings vary, of course, in many ways : some are large andcomfortable homesteads, others mere scjualitl huts, but one and 12 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA all are almost invariably roofed in with the universal o-alvanised AKGKNTINE GAUCHO The Welsh colonists have introduced a good strain to theoTOwing population, and there are constant wholesome as well asvicious importations. In a country where shepherding of one sort or another is the chiefindustry, it is inevitable thatsome equivalent of the cow-boy of the North must bedeveloped. The Gaucho isthe Patagonian cowboy, andhe is manly and picturesqueenough to be very interest- ing- The Gauchos are pic-turesque both in their livesand in their appearance : apair of moleskin trousers, long boots, and a handkerchief usuallyof a red pattern, a slouch hat of black felt, and a gaudy ponchoserve them for apparel. The poncho, which is merely a rug witha hole in the middle for the head, makes a comfortable great-coatby day and a blanket by night. A Gaucho may be sprung from any nation on earth. Even asthe shores of Patagonia are washed by the farthest tides of ocean,so the same tides have borne to people her solitude a singularhord
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