. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. THE GORGE OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS 145 the river was formed of large boulders, and progress was conse- quently very slow. After a time we forded across, the water barely reaching to the horses' knees, but flowing so rapidly as to. LAKE BUENOS AIRES FROM THE CANADON OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS bring down good-sized tree-trunks with it. We made a camp in a bare place backed by a deep green forest. After our meal, which consisted of half an emergency ration each, a couple of two-ounce dumplings and some tea, we climbed the western barranca,
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. THE GORGE OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS 145 the river was formed of large boulders, and progress was conse- quently very slow. After a time we forded across, the water barely reaching to the horses' knees, but flowing so rapidly as to. LAKE BUENOS AIRES FROM THE CANADON OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS bring down good-sized tree-trunks with it. We made a camp in a bare place backed by a deep green forest. After our meal, which consisted of half an emergency ration each, a couple of two-ounce dumplings and some tea, we climbed the western barranca, and discovered an open space in the forest, where the grass rose to our middles, and we were greeted by the wet smell of earth, to which we had long been strangers on the dry stretches of the pampas. We called the spot Rest-and-be-thankful Camp, and at once moved the horses up to it, and on the way Fritz, who happened to be in an obstinate mood, lay down among the stones. Little did we think at the time how often we were destined to climb up and down that weary barranca. A number of animals live in the Gorge of the River de los Antiguos. Quite close to the camp I found tracks of wolves, guanaco, huemul, a wild cat, and the smaller rodents. There K. 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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