Through the heart of Patagonia . SOUTHWARD HO! 27. THE START ON OUR LONG TRICK a cavy [Dohc/iotis patagonica). So we marched on over therolling- downs day after day, sometimes catching- a glimpse ofthe sea, sometimes journeying across pampas where the farhorizons met in pale blue sky and puffed white clouds above,and below (>rass andendless scrub. Wesaw Cayenne plover(Vaiiellus cayennensis)at an early stage ofour travels. I have alreadymentioned the herdsof oruanaco that roamthe interior. Thisanimal belongs dis-tinctively to SouthAmerica, and is to befound nowhere else in the world, Darwin
Through the heart of Patagonia . SOUTHWARD HO! 27. THE START ON OUR LONG TRICK a cavy [Dohc/iotis patagonica). So we marched on over therolling- downs day after day, sometimes catching- a glimpse ofthe sea, sometimes journeying across pampas where the farhorizons met in pale blue sky and puffed white clouds above,and below (>rass andendless scrub. Wesaw Cayenne plover(Vaiiellus cayennensis)at an early stage ofour travels. I have alreadymentioned the herdsof oruanaco that roamthe interior. Thisanimal belongs dis-tinctively to SouthAmerica, and is to befound nowhere else in the world, Darwin writes of it as follows : The guanaco, orwild llama, is the characteristic quadruped of the plains of Pata-gonia. . It is an elegant animal in a state of nature, with alono- slender neck and fine lefjs. In colour the ouanaco is of agolden-brown with white underparts, the hair upon the sides beingsomewhat long and fieecy. Enormous herds of from three to fivehundred live upon the pampas, and we were aware that we shouldchiefly depend for meat o
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