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several sorts of bushes, all low and extremely thorny, 

 among which there is a little grass. This level plain is 

 broken only by the steep walled valleys of such streams as 

 the Chubut and Gallegos rivers which carry water all the 

 year, and the Deseado and Salada which are dry through- 

 out the summer and autumn. 



Here in Madryn we tried to buy horses and a few were 

 shown us, but they were such a scrubby lot, small, old, 

 and worn out, that we could not expect them to be depend- 

 able for a long journey. Day by day we waited for more 

 which were to be brought in, and learned what manana 

 and mas tarde meant. 



An Indian Anvil 

 One-fourth natural siz^ 



A Bola Ball 

 One-half natural size 



Between times, when there were no horses about, we 

 explored the shore and found among the sand dunes an 

 old Indian camp site, located I suppose in reference to 

 getting fresh drinking water not far below the surface at 

 this point; knowledge of which fact is today utilized, so 

 there are three big wells near the old Indian camp site. 

 Here the Indians, in the days before the white man came to 

 the country, pitched their tents, cooked their meals, and 

 made their tools. The chips by which the workman is 

 known are strewn over about an acre. We found them in 



