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"The mistake is, after all, but a natural one, for up to thirty 

 years ago the panijoas of the Plate coast comprised all that the 

 settler of that day knew, or cared to know, concerning the 

 country. He had pitched his camp as near to Buenos Aires as 

 possible, having an eye to cheap freights and a good rainfall, 

 while at the same time he kept in touch with the political and 

 trading capital. We must not lose sight of the fact that forty 

 years ago the Indian camps were pitched within tifty miles of 

 the town. Whilst these gentry were being driven back, the 

 hard grass on his farm gave way to soft meadows, and, as theii- 

 stocking capacity increased, so did his yearly balance-sheet show 

 a better return. The land behind him to the west was dry and 

 sandy, and to have refined its coarse grasses by the simple pro- 

 cess of grazing would have occupied many a weary and wasted 

 year. So our pioneer stuck to the coast, and when they spoke 

 to him of the "outside camps," he shook his head, and said he 

 was all right where he was. 



1. Champion Shorthorn Bull, (^uilmes L'ollyxie 5th, ■! \L■al-^ uM. — 

 Owned by Sr. I^eonardo Pereyra, San Juan. Won Shoitlioiii Society 's 

 Cup, Mac'Lennau Cup, and Amos Cruiekshank Cup (Gioup of o). 

 Sold for £2187. 



