Through the heart of Patagonia . d a small part of the earths surface, HOMEWARD ^93 and made some original observations with regard to the zoologyof the country and other matters, but I am inclined to think thatthe most useful lesson to myself was one that sank deeper anddeeper into my mind, 1 might say heart, with every day lived inthese ofreat solitudes—and that was the knowledoe of mv ownignorance. The long solitary days in the forests, on the pampas,and about the stormy fjords of the Cordillera brought me faceto face with Nature. There are many voices in the silence ofNature. The stars abo
Through the heart of Patagonia . d a small part of the earths surface, HOMEWARD ^93 and made some original observations with regard to the zoologyof the country and other matters, but I am inclined to think thatthe most useful lesson to myself was one that sank deeper anddeeper into my mind, 1 might say heart, with every day lived inthese ofreat solitudes—and that was the knowledoe of mv ownignorance. The long solitary days in the forests, on the pampas,and about the stormy fjords of the Cordillera brought me faceto face with Nature. There are many voices in the silence ofNature. The stars above, the waters beneath, and the earth allspoke in a hundred tongues, and little enough of it all could I,with my lack of knowledge, interpret. There are many kindsof voices in the world, and none of them is without signification,but so long as they spoke to me in unknown tongues how muchwas I the better ? And there it was I learned the useful truth that,to be a traveller of any value, a man must also be an THK AL TllOK A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PATAGONIA It wniikl be possible to write a very long chapter about the futureof Patagonia. I do not, however, propose to do this, but to writewhat I have to say as briefly as possible. To begin with, Patagonia can boast of a fine climate, for, thoughthe winters are certainly hard, no endemic disease exists. Thecountry is exceptionally healthy, nor are there any poisonous reptilesto endanger life on its far-reaching pampas. There are few partsof the earth of which so much can be said. A large portion of the land is eminently suited for the supportof sheep, as the enormous and prosperous sheep-farms to be foundalong the east and south coasts bear witness. Cattle and horse-breeding are also successfully carried on, and although a portionof the country is unsuited for agricultural purposes, it is equallycertain that large expanses of ground of great fertility and richpromise are to be found here. The tide of pas
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