Through the heart of Patagonia . who accompaniedmv. on my first journeyâas well as to Bernardo, who was with mediroughout the whole of my Lake Argentino experiences. Wher-ever 1 mav travel in the future, I can wish for no better com-panions. Bernardo, the most willing of men, kept our nerves in a stateof less than pleasurable excitement. He drove the launch, whenI took my eye off him, with 145 lb. of steam in her worn-out boilerâher safety-limit at the best of times had been i ^o lb. On shore hesu-cceeded in firing off my jungle-gun by mistake, narrowly missing-killing himself at close quarter
Through the heart of Patagonia . who accompaniedmv. on my first journeyâas well as to Bernardo, who was with mediroughout the whole of my Lake Argentino experiences. Wher-ever 1 mav travel in the future, I can wish for no better com-panions. Bernardo, the most willing of men, kept our nerves in a stateof less than pleasurable excitement. He drove the launch, whenI took my eye off him, with 145 lb. of steam in her worn-out boilerâher safety-limit at the best of times had been i ^o lb. On shore hesu-cceeded in firing off my jungle-gun by mistake, narrowly missing-killing himself at close quarters and myself at some few feet even after this involuntary attempt at manslaughter one couldnot be angry with him, he was so genuinely sorry, yet one couldnot help foreseeing that he was eminently likely to do somethingof the sort again. He was, to use slang, such a decent chap, henever grumbled when he had nothing to eat, or a bout of bitter coldlabour when we were obliged to turn out in the night to get up the. 3 O f OfTHS; :rsity >fc. or FIRST PASSING THROUGH HELLGATE 265
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