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Idle Days in Patagonia. 



ing a few notes to cheer himself. The tones become 

 more fluty and plaintive ; they are now those of a 

 flageolet, and notwithstanding the utter impossi- 

 bility of the thing, one is for a moment convinced 





Cyphorinus cantans. 



that someone is playing that instrument. ... It 

 is the only songster which makes an impression on 

 the natives, who sometimes rest their paddles whilst 



