LORETO. THE RIO PINTO IN THE DRY SEASON. 



One of the arms through which the flood of the Dulce flows. 



Photograph by the Author. 



BANDA (SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO). 



Irrigated lucerne fields on the left bank of the Rio Dulce. 

 contrast with the older farms of the flood-zone. 

 PLATE X. 



Zone of modern colonization : a 



Photograph by the Author. 



To face p. 112. 



