. To the River Plate and back; the narrative of a scientific mission to South America . Guanacos in the Zoological Garden at Buenos Aires. !E!!1H::!!!. The Dairyman. Buenos Aires 157 two jaguars, which had been brought down by thestream, came ashore near Montevideo and were killed inthe outskirts of the city. At the time of these greatfloods multitudes of snakes and other living things arebrought down from the tropical jungles, and speciesnot known to occur in the vicinity of Buenos Aires arefound at such times in considerable numbers even inthe streets of the city. Ai the time of the last fre
. To the River Plate and back; the narrative of a scientific mission to South America . Guanacos in the Zoological Garden at Buenos Aires. !E!!1H::!!!. The Dairyman. Buenos Aires 157 two jaguars, which had been brought down by thestream, came ashore near Montevideo and were killed inthe outskirts of the city. At the time of these greatfloods multitudes of snakes and other living things arebrought down from the tropical jungles, and speciesnot known to occur in the vicinity of Buenos Aires arefound at such times in considerable numbers even inthe streets of the city. Ai the time of the last fresheta couple of boa-constrictors were discovered upon thedocks. We were much interested in observing the guanacos,a small herd of which are kept within an are survivors of the camel-like animals, whichoriginated in the region of the Rocky Mountains inearly Tertiary times, and migrated to the south afterthe Isthmus of Panama was formed, and a land con-nection between North and South America had thusbeen provided. The tribe died out in North America,but survived in South America. The true camels alsooriginated in North America and p
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