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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 

 CHAPTER II. 



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AT LAST, PATAGONIA ! 



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HOW I BECAME AN IDLER ..... 



CHAPTER III. 

 VALLEY OF THE BLACK RIVER . 



CHAPTER IV. 



4.4. 

 ASPECTS OF THE VALLEY ..... 



CHAPTER V. 

 A DOG IN EXILE . 59 



CHAPTER VI. 

 THE WAR WITH NATURE . . .75 



CHAPTER VII. 

 LIFE IN PATAGONIA . 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SNOW, AND THE QUALITY OF WHITENESS . .Ill 



CHAPTER IX. 

 IDLE PAYS ...... 125 



