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of the highest Alps in Europe and like the latter covered 

 with snow-fields and glaciers. From the main ranges 

 in the northwestern part of the country there run out 

 toward the southeast longer spurs, and in the western 

 and southwestern portions many shorter spurs project 

 nearly at right angles from the main range. Between 

 the longer ranges in the northwest are high plateaus on 

 which but little rain falls. Between the shorter spurs 

 of the mountain masses in the west and south at the 

 headwaters of the rivers, some of which discharge into 

 the Atlantic, others of which in the extreme south send 

 their streams into the Pacific through narrow gorges 

 between the great peaks, nestle many beautiful lakes, 

 filled with limpid water derived from the melting snows 

 of the alpine summits which tower above them. The 

 lake-region of Argentina is a realm of scenic splendor 

 the beauties of which are only beginning to be known. 

 Hitherto this part of the great land has been almost 

 inaccessible, but those who have visited it are eloquent 

 in their description of the wonderful magnificence of the 

 scenery. In one of the lakes of this fairy-land Dr. 

 Walter G. Davis a few years ago planted between two 

 and three millions of the fry of the Speckled Brook- 

 trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) of New England. The 

 transportation of the eggs from Buenos Aires to Lake 

 Nahuel-Huapi required twelve days and the use of six 

 tons of ice. The ice lasted just long enough to enable 

 the Doctor to reach the lake with his delicate charge 

 uninjured. Had the journey required another day in 

 which to complete it, the venture would have failed; 

 but, as it was, the eggs were brought to their destina- 

 tion with little loss. Ninety per cent of them were 

 hatched, and on March 14, 1904, the fry were put into 

 the lake. Five years later to the day, on March 14, 



