At Home with the Patagonians: A Year's Wanderings Over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio NegroJ. Murray, 1873 - 340 pagina's |
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... animal ; and our speculations as to the curious hybrid form of the odd - looking ' camel - sheep ' were put an end to by the discovery close by of the fresh foot- prints of a puma . These were eagerly tracked , in the hopes of a little ...
... animal ; and our speculations as to the curious hybrid form of the odd - looking ' camel - sheep ' were put an end to by the discovery close by of the fresh foot- prints of a puma . These were eagerly tracked , in the hopes of a little ...
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... animals as they streamed up on an opposite hill . One of the party was missing , and suddenly an ex- clamation from ... animal life . Here we waited , and in the course of half an hour the remainder came up with their horses blown ...
... animals as they streamed up on an opposite hill . One of the party was missing , and suddenly an ex- clamation from ... animal life . Here we waited , and in the course of half an hour the remainder came up with their horses blown ...
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... animals being caught and examined proved unsound and useless . In the bottom of the caņon there flowed a small but deep stream spreading into lagoons in places . We crossed this and encamped on the northern side , and found J'aria's ...
... animals being caught and examined proved unsound and useless . In the bottom of the caņon there flowed a small but deep stream spreading into lagoons in places . We crossed this and encamped on the northern side , and found J'aria's ...
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... animals out the following evening . This threat there was fortunately no occasion for him to put into execution , as the troop proved only to have strayed into another valley . As we were now nearing Santa Cruz , which the last of the ...
... animals out the following evening . This threat there was fortunately no occasion for him to put into execution , as the troop proved only to have strayed into another valley . As we were now nearing Santa Cruz , which the last of the ...
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... animals concealed in bushes , with a poncho or something over them . During the interval of our absence severe weather set in , and on returning to examine our caches the foxes and birds of prey had accounted for the meat . The foxes ...
... animals concealed in bushes , with a poncho or something over them . During the interval of our absence severe weather set in , and on returning to examine our caches the foxes and birds of prey had accounted for the meat . The foxes ...
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amongst animals appeared Araucanian Araucanos Argentine Arica arrived bank barranca bolas Buenos Ayres bush cacique camp Casimiro cattle chase chasqui Cheoeque chief Chilians Chupat cliffs Cordillera crossed Crown 8vo deserters despatched distance dogs Edition encampment English Fcap feet fire formed Foyel friends Gallegos gallop gauchos grass Gualichu guanaco halted herds of guanaco hide Hinchel horses hunting Illustrations Indians island J'aria Jackechan journey killed lagoon lazo mantles Manzanas mares meat miles morning mounted night northern Oazy observed Orkeke Orkeke's ostrich Pampas party passed pasture Patagones Patagonia Picunches plain ponchos Portrait Post 8vo present proceeded puma Punta Arenas range of hills returned ride Rio Chico Rio Negro river rocks rode round saddle Santa Cruz schooner settlement side skin slope smoke snow soon Sourdo southern Straits stream Tankelow Tehuelches toldo travelling valley Vols whilst wild wind women wood Woodcuts
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