Through the heart of Patagonia . ake Buenos Aires this beautifuldeer first came under my observation. On the south side of theRiver de los Antiguos I saw a buck (which I shot), two does anda pricket. I was told by my Gaucho, Humphrey Jones, that thehuemul is found in the forests as far north as the Welsh colony ofThe 16th October, about lat. 43*^ ; on the south its range extends tothe Straits of Magellan. The easterl) limit of their present habitatmay be said to be the foothills of the Andes. Dr. F. P. Moreno,however, states that these animals have been seen in the hills inthe vicinity of Port
Through the heart of Patagonia . ake Buenos Aires this beautifuldeer first came under my observation. On the south side of theRiver de los Antiguos I saw a buck (which I shot), two does anda pricket. I was told by my Gaucho, Humphrey Jones, that thehuemul is found in the forests as far north as the Welsh colony ofThe 16th October, about lat. 43*^ ; on the south its range extends tothe Straits of Magellan. The easterl) limit of their present habitatmay be said to be the foothills of the Andes. Dr. F. P. Moreno,however, states that these animals have been seen in the hills inthe vicinity of Port Desire, on the Atlantic Coast : I do not thinkthat they are any longer to be found there. As far as my personalobservations go, I never came across a specimen farther east than THE LARGER MAMMALS OF PATAGONIA 249 a couple of miles from the shore of Lake Buenos Aires upon itsnorth-eastern side. The Indians said that these deer were at onetime more numerous in that reo-ion. Durinp- the summer the huemules leave the lower orounds,. BEST HEAD OF HUKMUL { BISULCU^) SHOT BY THE AUTHOR. SIDE VIEW (Photo by IC //. lirigden, Horsham) where the mosquitoes trouble them, and travel up to the snow-lineof the Cordillera and even beyond it. At this season I never sawa large herd, but in the winter Mr. Cattle, a pioneer li\inL;- nearLake Aroentino, informed me that he had seen a larw herd otover a hundred strong- that visited the lake. In the warmerweather 1 noticed them usually in small parties of two or three,seldom more. These animals are in the habit of wandering outside the forestsin the evening- and forenoon, but in the afternoon thev generallvretire to their shelter, where they often lie down. I have foundthem inhabiting the margins of the dense forests ui)on the slopesof the Cordillera which border the lakes. Thev are excellent 250 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA swimmers, and cross the broad arms of Lake Argentino withouthesitation. In December the huemules which I shot wer
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