. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 452 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. near Mar Chiqnita, and on the soutli coast near Necochea at the mouth of the Uio Quequen. The railway connecting Mar del Plata with Buenos Ay res passes Chascomus, " Lake Town," so named from the surrounding lagoons, beyond which follow the stations of Dolores and Maipu, with a branch at this f)lace running to the picturesque town of Tandil (650 feet), at the issue of a broad gap in the range stretching in the direction of Cape Corrientes. This pass of Tandil was the Fig. 176.—Mount Tandil at Cape Coeeientes. S
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 452 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. near Mar Chiqnita, and on the soutli coast near Necochea at the mouth of the Uio Quequen. The railway connecting Mar del Plata with Buenos Ay res passes Chascomus, " Lake Town," so named from the surrounding lagoons, beyond which follow the stations of Dolores and Maipu, with a branch at this f)lace running to the picturesque town of Tandil (650 feet), at the issue of a broad gap in the range stretching in the direction of Cape Corrientes. This pass of Tandil was the Fig. 176.—Mount Tandil at Cape Coeeientes. Scale 1: 2,000, 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. 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 Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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