1 82 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA 



We also followed the course of the river, but on horseback 

 instead of by boat, and thus for the early part of our journey we 

 passed through the identical country traversed by Darwin. 



I desired above all things to be able to move rapidly, and 



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accordingly cut down the amount and weight of our baggage as far 

 as prudence permitted. I append a list of the provisions, which 1 

 intended — with the help of guanaco meat — to last us for the four 

 months which remained before we must return to the coast if we 

 wished to escape the severities of the Andean winter : 



35 kilos farina. 15 kilos sugar. 



25 kilos oatmeal. 6 lb. tea. 



12 tins cocoa. 



Besides these we took a spare change of underclothing, one of 

 the tents, fifty rounds of 12 -bore ball and the same quantity of 

 shot cartridges and 1 50 for the Mauser rifle. 



We were able to put everything on two cargueros, and even 

 then they were not very heavily loaded. I took two madrinas, 

 the Zaino mare and Mrs. Trelew, with their respective troops, the 



