Through the heart of Patagonia . GLACIKR AM) GLACIAL DKTKITUS die trees was the antarctic beech. I observed also redwood andcypress. There are some wild cattle and huemules to be found in theoutskirts of the woodlands ; we also saw parrots, hawks and owlsin some of our wanderings, while in other spots there seemed nusign of life at all save a {gw small rodents, and even those, aswe pushed farther into the thicker recesses, disappeared. Amithen we came under the sway of that curious silence which broodsamong these forest depths. The aspects of the various forests and the trees of which thevwere
Through the heart of Patagonia . GLACIKR AM) GLACIAL DKTKITUS die trees was the antarctic beech. I observed also redwood andcypress. There are some wild cattle and huemules to be found in theoutskirts of the woodlands ; we also saw parrots, hawks and owlsin some of our wanderings, while in other spots there seemed nusign of life at all save a {gw small rodents, and even those, aswe pushed farther into the thicker recesses, disappeared. Amithen we came under the sway of that curious silence which broodsamong these forest depths. The aspects of the various forests and the trees of which thevwere composed varied greatly. Some were bare ami de\t)id ofundergrowth as a northern forest ; others were absolutely tropicalin their heav\ luxuriance. In one. a majestic place, the tallantarctic beeches were draped with long trailing Sj)anish moss. 276 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA and on the carpet of moss beneath them lay here and there a deadtree. Few places are more mournful than this re^^ion when rain isfalling. After the rai
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