. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. ii8 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA hounds represent very sterling value to their owners, whose liveli- hood they procure. The best at the work I met with in Patagonia. ON AHEAD were those which belonged to this Indian guide. We called the man Como No because, whatever question was put to him, his invariable reply took the form of " Como no?" or "Why not?" You said perhaps, " It is not far to the next camping-ground, is it ? " " Como no?" he would answer. After some three hours at an amble, you would repe
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. ii8 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA hounds represent very sterling value to their owners, whose liveli- hood they procure. The best at the work I met with in Patagonia. ON AHEAD were those which belonged to this Indian guide. We called the man Como No because, whatever question was put to him, his invariable reply took the form of " Como no?" or "Why not?" You said perhaps, " It is not far to the next camping-ground, is it ? " " Como no?" he would answer. After some three hours at an amble, you would repeat your inquiry. "Is it much farther?" " Como no?" The most impossible queries met with precisely the same response. However indeterminate Como No may have been in his mental. 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 Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh, 1876-1922; Moreno, Francisco Pascasio, 1852-1919; Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944; Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929; Britten, James, 1846-1924; Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938; Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931, illus; Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935. fmo sgn; Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. fmo; Huntington Free Library. fmo. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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