. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. 54 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA neighing of horses, and was surprised to see seventeen of our troop hurrying off, as it were, upon some unknown errand. And well in front of them—could I believe my eyes ?—was the horse we knew as the Asulejo, but his eye was brighter and he neighed in. HE ASULEJO the joy of his heart as he trotted friskily along! He was the obvious leader of the revolt. No sooner did he see me than he fell behind, trying to look as though one of the younger animals had lured him from the path of duty, but that pretence did no
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. 54 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA neighing of horses, and was surprised to see seventeen of our troop hurrying off, as it were, upon some unknown errand. And well in front of them—could I believe my eyes ?—was the horse we knew as the Asulejo, but his eye was brighter and he neighed in. HE ASULEJO the joy of his heart as he trotted friskily along! He was the obvious leader of the revolt. No sooner did he see me than he fell behind, trying to look as though one of the younger animals had lured him from the path of duty, but that pretence did not serve, and after driving him back into camp we put maneas on him, upon which he recognised with the philosophy of age that he could not fight against the inevitable, and so retired into the lee of a thorn-bush, where he lay down to dream, no doubt, of the days when things were different and he had been a scampering three- year-old on the banks of the River Negro. However, to return to our journey, and our earliest attempt at marching without a waggon. It was first and last one of the most trying days that we experienced. To begin with, the eight fairly well-behaved horses were cargoed up, and then the wild ones were taken in hand. The first of these happened to be the Gateado. His load was flour and tinned beef. He allowed him-. 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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