ATTITUDE OF WILD ANIMALS TOWARDS MAN 243 



neighbourhood of Lake Buenos Aires, at a spot probably hitherto 

 unvisited by man. He was seriously wounded in the face. As 



THE HUEMUL DOE WHICH TOUCHED THE AUTHOR. PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SMALL CAMERA 



AS SHE RETIRED 



a rule, the puma is a cowardly animal, and is frequently killed by 

 the Indians with a bolas* 



Although, during the whole of our journey, we were constantly 

 coming upon evidences of the presence of pumas round and about 

 our camps, it was not until we had entered the Cordillera that 

 they actually reconnoitred the camp. In a forest near Lake 

 Argentino, one moonlight night, two pumas circled round our 

 camp, and for upwards of half an hour kept uttering their peculiar 

 cry. Pumas often stampeded our horses and left plain tracks 

 near the camp, but in spite of this they killed no animal, not even 

 a dog, belonging to us. 



='= This method has been referred to in another chapter. 



