CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Introduction xiii 



I. Patagonia .......... i 



II. Southward Ho ! 15 



III. The Battle of the Horses a 



IV. The Battle of the Horses {continued) .... 50 

 V. The River Valleys (j? 



VI. Manners and Customs of the Tehuelches . . 85 



VII. Tehuelche Methods of Hunting 104 



VIII. Tne Kingdom of the Winds 116 



IX. Round and About Lake Buenos Aires .... 130 



X. The Gorge of the Rive-r de los Antiguos . . 144 



XI. Some Hunting Camps 156 



XII. Back to Civilisation 167 



XIII. Journey to Lake Argentino 181 



XI\'. The Downstream Navigation of the River Leona . 196 



XV. A Hard Struggle -ii 



.W'l. Wild Cattle 224 



