Through the heart of Patagonia . afe while we toiled adozen seals came andstared at us with theirdoglike faces, and lazy,solemn eyes. When all our pro-perty had been broughtto land, luckily withoutmishaps of any kind, 1left Scrivenor with ourpeones to bring up theheavy baggage and wenton with Burbury to Trelew by the miniature train which plies toand fro between the Welsh colony and the coast. From Trelewa ten-days ride takes you beyond the farm of the last settler andinto the waste places of the pampas. Trelew is a new and pocket Wales, but very much Walesall the same. To prove the
Through the heart of Patagonia . afe while we toiled adozen seals came andstared at us with theirdoglike faces, and lazy,solemn eyes. When all our pro-perty had been broughtto land, luckily withoutmishaps of any kind, 1left Scrivenor with ourpeones to bring up theheavy baggage and wenton with Burbury to Trelew by the miniature train which plies toand fro between the Welsh colony and the coast. From Trelewa ten-days ride takes you beyond the farm of the last settler andinto the waste places of the pampas. Trelew is a new and pocket Wales, but very much Walesall the same. To prove the accuracy of this statement it is onlynecessary to say that the waggon which set us on the first leagues ofour way belonged to a Jones, that another Jones accompanied theexpedition to the Cordillera, that I negotiated with a third Jonesfor a supply of mutton to take with us for use on the first part ofour journey, that I was introduced to several Williamses and didbusiness with various Hugheses. And all this in a day and a T. R. D. BURBUKY SOUTHWARD HO! 21
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