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lazo, they cried out: "Ah, then, you use nothing but the 

 bolas !" The idea of an enclosed country was quite new to 

 them. The captain at last said he had one question to ask 

 me, which he should be very much obliged if I would answer 

 with all truth : it was, " Whether the ladies of Buenos Ayres 

 were not the handsomest in the world." I replied, " Charm- 



AN ESTANCIERO (PLANTER). 



ingly so." He added, " I have one other question : Do ladies 

 in any other part of the world wear such large combs ?" I 

 solemnly assured him that they did not. They were abso- 

 lutely delighted. The captain exclaimed, "Look there! a 

 man who has seen half the world says it is the case ; we al- 

 ways thought so, but now we know it." My excellent judg- 

 ment in combs and beauty procured me a most hospitable 



