. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. 174 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA Gauchos. At first sight we thought them a mirage. On inquiry I was told that my friend Sefior Waag was in command, news at which I was naturally delighted. I had made Mr. Waag's acquaintance in Buenos Aires, and we had arranged to meet in. RIVER EELGEANO Patagonia if possible. Mr. Waag was on the Argentine Boundary Commission, and has done more valuable geographical work in the Cordillera than any other man. Being told that he was only a couple of hours behind the troop, I galloped on to meet him, for 1 heard
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. 174 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA Gauchos. At first sight we thought them a mirage. On inquiry I was told that my friend Sefior Waag was in command, news at which I was naturally delighted. I had made Mr. Waag's acquaintance in Buenos Aires, and we had arranged to meet in. RIVER EELGEANO Patagonia if possible. Mr. Waag was on the Argentine Boundary Commission, and has done more valuable geographical work in the Cordillera than any other man. Being told that he was only a couple of hours behind the troop, I galloped on to meet him, for 1 heard that his waggon had broken down, and so made sure of coming upon him. After a few hours going, I arrived at the camp of his assistants, where were two Italian engineers, and also some piratical-looking peones in red caps making bread in an oven dug into the ground. But Mr. Waag himself was not there, having gone off the track to camp in a canadon. I was greatly disappointed, for I had looked forward to this meeting. However, we were greedy to hear news of the outer world, from which we had been cut off for four months. We were far behind the times. I think our first question was about the war and Kruger. We learned that he was in Europe and that guerilla warfare was still going on. The Italians' news only carried up to November. We made our camp a little way from theirs, and our hounds strayed over to them and stayed with their waggons, deserting us. 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
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