CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



CHAPTER I 



THE NATURAL REGIONS OF ARGENTINA . . . -I? 



The physical environment — Colonization and the natural 

 regions — The struggle with the Indians — Argentine unity — 

 Argentina and the world. 



CHAPTER II 



THE OASES OF THE NORTH-WEST 36 



The inhabited zones of the Andes in the north-west — 

 Valles, Quebradas, Puna — The irrigation of the valles — 

 The historic routes — Convoys of stock — The breeding of 

 mules and the fairs — The struggle of the breeders against 

 drought — The Sierra de los Llanos. 



CHAPTER III 



TUCUMAN AND MENDOZA 68 



Tucumdn and the road to Chile — The climate and the culti- 

 vation of the sugar-cane — The problem of manual labour — 

 Irrigation at Mendoza — Water-rights — Viticulture — Protec- 

 tion and the natural conditions. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE EXPLOITATION OF THE FORESTS .... 96 



Manual labour on the obrajes — The land of the banados and 

 the agricultural cantons of Corrientes — The timber-yards 

 of the Chaco and the tannic-acid works of the Parang — 

 The exploitation of the mate — The forestry industry and 

 colonization. 



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