. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS 123 As we galloped over the hills the clouds broke on the western side of the lake, and made a scene ominously beautiful. The rifted dusky blue, the long pale gleam of water shining like an angel's sword, the white snow-peaks, the purple-black belly of. â : . . " ' '^^7"*!^ «» ' ..--â¢Â» â -*i33 HORSHAM EASE CAMP the rain-storm, all cast together formed a picture that affected the senses strongly. As we neared camp, I saw something gleam white behind a bush. An upland goose! I crawled up and found two. With
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS 123 As we galloped over the hills the clouds broke on the western side of the lake, and made a scene ominously beautiful. The rifted dusky blue, the long pale gleam of water shining like an angel's sword, the white snow-peaks, the purple-black belly of. â : . . " ' '^^7"*!^ «» ' ..--â¢Â» â -*i33 HORSHAM EASE CAMP the rain-storm, all cast together formed a picture that affected the senses strongly. As we neared camp, I saw something gleam white behind a bush. An upland goose! I crawled up and found two. With what care I managed that stalk! I killed the female with one barrel on the ground and pulled over the male as he swung upwards. After riding seven leagues, we got our small results of the day's seeking within a mile of the camp! One or other of Tjs had seen far-off guanaco flying out of sight, and I decided to start next day for the River Fenix to try for some, camping there the night and returning next day to begin our long-needed rest. Yet the next day (November 9) none of us went a-hunting after all. We were fairly played out. Personally I had had not. 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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