TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



DEDICATION. v 



EDITOR'S PREFACE. . . . . vii 



NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITIONS. 



INTRODUCTION i 



CHAPTER I. 



Embark at Martin's Pier, Brooklyn : Delayed by fog in the lower harbor : Rough 

 weather while crossing the Gulf Stream : Through the Sargasso Sea : Flights of flying 

 fish : The Portuguese Man of War : Phosphorescence of surface waters in the Tropics : 

 Sighting the Pernambuco lights : Lobos Island : Maldonado : Montevideo, its architecture 

 and cleanliness : Arrival at Buenos Aires : Courteous treatment from the Argentine officials : 

 A visit to the La Plata Museum : Leave Buenos Aires for Gallegos : The River Plate : 

 Bahia Blanca : Argentine soldiers : San Bias : New Bay : Port Desire : Santa Cruz : Arrival 

 at Gallegos ............... 6 



CHAPTER II. 



In Gallegos : Courteously received by Governor Mayer and Staff: Fire as a means of 

 comfort unknown in South America : Discomforts of Gallegos : Enormous rise and fall of 

 tide in river at Gallegos : Antiquated methods of overland travel and transportation of pro- 

 duce in Patagonia : Visit to Governor Mayer's estancia : Guer Aike : Mata verde : The 

 plains of Patagonia : Laguna Leona : A diminutive oasis due to a small spring of sweet 

 water : its effect upon the fauna and flora : Origin of Laguna Leona : Coy River : Two 

 classes of rivers in the Patagonian plains : Visit to an Indian encampment : Mate drinking 

 among the Indians and Argentinians : We return to Gallegos : Purchase of horses and cart : 

 Peculiar custom of pulling horses from the cinch in Argentina : Leave Gallegos equipped 

 for work, May i6, 1896. ............ 27 



CHAPTER III. 



We start on our collecting trip : abundance of amphipods in fresh-water springs : De- 

 tained at Guer Aike by a rise of the Gallegos River : Searching the bluffs of the Gallegos 

 at Guer Aike for fossils : Visit to Killik Aike : Fossils abundant : Hospitality at Killik 

 Aike : Habits of carrion hawks of Patagonia : A flock of Rhea : New world of animal life 



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