Through the heart of Patagonia . , but westeamed along the Canal de los Tempanos under Mount lUienos. I)i; LOS Aires, and there it was that a fire broke out on the launch. Thiswas an accident we always dreaded, for, having no room were obliged to pile the fuel round her engine, with the resultthat it occasionally became dangerously heated. Landing at the end of the Canal de los Tempanos we foundourselves in forests of mai^nificent timber. The veijetation wasrank and luxuriant, a mass of decay under a lorcst oi lite. hromthe swampy dank ground tall stems spran
Through the heart of Patagonia . , but westeamed along the Canal de los Tempanos under Mount lUienos. I)i; LOS Aires, and there it was that a fire broke out on the launch. Thiswas an accident we always dreaded, for, having no room were obliged to pile the fuel round her engine, with the resultthat it occasionally became dangerously heated. Landing at the end of the Canal de los Tempanos we foundourselves in forests of mai^nificent timber. The veijetation wasrank and luxuriant, a mass of decay under a lorcst oi lite. hromthe swampy dank ground tall stems sprang up straight and branch-less as palms, while at their feet grew a carpet of ferns. We had some marvellous days of fine weather in the Cordillera,where on the mountain slopes, as winter drew on, the crimsonshades crept deeper to mingle with antl finalK change the due time we reached the South Fjord b)- water. The accountof a [)revious visit on horseback has alread\- been told. 1 hen weturned homewards, and on the w<i\ 1 secured some good pholt:)s 2 7+ THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA of
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