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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Pagina 16
... Barranca , ' or bank , from the scarped slopes , varying in depth from fifty to two or three feet , and in angle from an easy to an almost perpen- dicular descent , but often fissured by ravines or gullies , affording roads , down all ...
... Barranca , ' or bank , from the scarped slopes , varying in depth from fifty to two or three feet , and in angle from an easy to an almost perpen- dicular descent , but often fissured by ravines or gullies , affording roads , down all ...
Pagina 25
... barranca of the Upper Pampa . Halting here for a smoke and warm to dispel the effects of the intensely cold wind , we were about resuming our route to ascend the steep slope of the upper plains , when large columns of smoke , in answer ...
... barranca of the Upper Pampa . Halting here for a smoke and warm to dispel the effects of the intensely cold wind , we were about resuming our route to ascend the steep slope of the upper plains , when large columns of smoke , in answer ...
Pagina 27
... barranca to see him ball an ostrich ; so having regained the Pampa , we formed into line , about two hundred yards apart , to drive a certain area of ground down to a point where there was a gentle slope to the valley , so as to meet ...
... barranca to see him ball an ostrich ; so having regained the Pampa , we formed into line , about two hundred yards apart , to drive a certain area of ground down to a point where there was a gentle slope to the valley , so as to meet ...
Pagina 28
... barranca , where there was firewood in profusion , Gallegos ordered a halt , although Sam wished to proceed , observing that the moon was so bright it was ' all the same as day . ' We accordingly encamped for the night , after making a ...
... barranca , where there was firewood in profusion , Gallegos ordered a halt , although Sam wished to proceed , observing that the moon was so bright it was ' all the same as day . ' We accordingly encamped for the night , after making a ...
Pagina 33
... barranca advanced into the valley . Each of these project- ing cliffs , which stood like outposts of the Pampas , J'aria declared in succession to be the last , Sam all the while maintaining a dignified silence , until at length , at ...
... barranca advanced into the valley . Each of these project- ing cliffs , which stood like outposts of the Pampas , J'aria declared in succession to be the last , Sam all the while maintaining a dignified silence , until at length , at ...
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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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Pagina 22 - Christianity, from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire.
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Pagina iii - MUSTERS' (CAPT.) Patagonians; a Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro.