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Later in the day the Chilian and myself happened to 

 meet again at a nursery garden not far from Angol and 

 there my friend talked to the proprietor about my — as 

 he called it — "rash plans". 



I did not get much encouragement here and the pro- 

 prietor united his advice with my friends to desist from 

 my "rash undertaking". 



As I persisted the last advice was "go to the man in 

 command of the garrison and get an armed escort!" 



I promised to think it over and in the meantime we 

 visited the gardens. 



Amongst the flowering Fuchsias were several Humming- 

 birds of the species I saw at Santiago. — In some bushes 

 was the curious Wren and yet T?Y-like Anaeretes parulus 

 with its curious forward bent crest (the crest is not divided 

 as in Keuleman's illustration of that bird in Crawshays 

 birds of Tierra del Fuego, but is held together like a small 

 horn), a restless weak-looking little bird, but quite tame. 



Near a fountain I saw for the first time the quaint white 

 eyehrowed Cindodes (fuscus or patagonicus) which walked 

 busily in front of me on a garden walk. 



In an open meadow were a lot of small birds amongst 

 whom were very conspicuous the beautiful redbacked 

 Lessonia nigra. 



Near the houses there wore some Diiicas, and a large 

 brown Wren with rufous tail slippped through the bushes. 



Having come back to Angol I set out to find the com- 

 mander of the garrison and after some inquiry found him 

 playing cards in his club. 



Having told him of my wants through an interpretor I 

 soon found out that I had little to hope from him. He 

 told me that he was very sorry but that horses and men 

 were tired as they had just come back from the manoeuvres 

 so that he could not help me. 



So there was nothing left to me but to go alone with 

 my guide or not to go at all. 



I decided on the first course and next morning at six 

 I started on my journey with my ruffian looking guide. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, ^Vol. XXXV. 



