CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE IV. 



Eio Negro — Estancias attacked by the Indians — Salt Lakes — 

 Flamingoes — E. Negro to R. Colorado — Sacred Tree — Pata- 

 goniau Hare — Indian Families — General Rosas — Proceed to 

 Pallia Elanca — Sand Dunes — Negi'o Lieutenant — Bahia 

 Blanca — Saline Incrustations — Punta Alta — Zorillo . . Page 63 



CHAPTER V. 



Bahia Blanca — Geology — Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds 

 — Recent Extinction — Longevit}^ of Species — Large Animals 

 do not require a luxuriant Vegetation — Southern Africa — 

 Siberian Fossils — Two species of Ostrich — Habits of Oven- 

 bird — Armadilloes — Venomous Snake, Toad, Lizard — Hyber- 

 nation of Animals — Habits of Sea-Pen — Indian Wars and 

 Massacres — Arrow-head — Antiquarian Relic 81 



CHAPTER VL 



Set out for Buenos Ayres — Rio Sauce — Sierra Ventana — Third 

 Posta — Driving Horses — Bolas — Partridges and Foxes — 

 Features of the Country — Long-legged Plover — Teru-tero — 

 Hailstorm — Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen — 

 Flesh of Puma — Meat Diet ~ Guardia del Monte — Effects of 

 Cattle on the Vegetation — Cardoon — Buenos Ayres — Corral 

 where Cattle are slaughtered 106 



CHAPTER VII. 



Excursion to St. Fe — Thistle-Beds — Habits of the Bizcacha — 

 Little Owl — Saline Streams — Level Plains — Mastodon — 

 St. Fe' — Change in Landscape — Geology — Tooth of extinct 

 Horse — Relation of the Fossil and Recent Quadrupeds of North 

 and South America — Effects of a great Drought — Parana — 

 Habits of the Jaguar — Scissor-beak — King-fisher, Parrot, and 

 Scissor-tail — Revolution — Buenos Ayres — State of Govern- 

 ment 123 



