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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER r. 



At Last, Patagonia !.......! 



CHAPTEE II. 



How I BECAME AN IdLER 18 



CHAPTER III. 

 Valley op the Black Rivek ...... .31 



CHAPTER lY. 



Aspects op the Valley ....... 44 



CHAPTER V. 

 A Dog in Exile 59 



CHAPTER VI. 

 The War with Nature 75 



CPIAPTER VII. 



Life in Patagonia ........ 94 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Snow, and the Quality of Whiteness . . . .Ill 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Idle Days 125 



