56 IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA 



betook himself to her little kingdom with a musket 

 loaded with ball, and succeeded in finding and 

 shooting her. 



In spite of what we have been taught, it is 

 sometimes borne in on us that man is a little lower 

 than the brutes. 



After hearing this incident one does not at once 

 sit down with a good appetite to roast beef or 

 swine's flesh. 



