12 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



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PATAGONIA AND SHEEP-REARING IIQ 



The arid tableland and the region of glacial lakes The 

 first settlements on the Patagonian coast and the indigenous 

 population Extensive breeding The use of pasture on 

 the lands of the Rio Negro Transhumation. 



CHAPTER VI 



THE PLAIN OF THE PAMPAS l6l 



The limits of the prairie The rains The wind and the 

 formation of the clay of the Pampas The wind and the 

 contour The zones of colonization on the Pampas Hunting 

 wild cattle and primitive breeding The sheep-farms 

 The ranches The region of " colonies " The region of 

 lucerne, maize, and wheat The combination of agriculture 

 and breeding The economic mechanism of colonization 

 The exchanges between the different zones of the Pampas. 



CHAPTER VII 



ROADS AND RAILWAYS 2OQ 



Roads on the plain The salt road The " trade route " 

 Transport by ox-waggons Arrieros and Troperos Rail- 

 ways and colonization The trade in cereals Home traffic 

 and the reorganization of the system. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE RIVER-ROUTES 234 



The use of the river before steam navigation Floods 

 The river plain The bed of the Parana and its changes 

 The estuary and its shoals Maritime navigation The boats 

 on the Parand. 



CHAPTER IX 

 THE POPULATION 260 



The distribution of the population The streams of emigra- 

 tion to the interior Seasonal migrations The historic 

 towns The towns of the Pampean region Buenos Aires. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY . , . 277 



INDEX . . . 291 



