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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



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AT LAST, PATAGONIA! ....... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



HOW I BECAME AN IDLER ...... 18 



CHAPTER III. 

 VALLEY OF THE BLACK RIVER ..... 31 



CHAPTER IV. 



ASPECTS OF THE VALLEY ...... 42 



CHAPTER V. 

 A DOG IN EXILE ....... 57 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE WAR WITH NATURE ...... 72 



CHAPTER VII. 

 LIFE IN PATAGONIA ....... 91 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SNOW, AND THE QUALITY OF WHITENESS . . . 108 



CHAPTER IX. 

 IDLE DAYS . . 121 



