160 Idle Days in Patagonia. 
ing afew 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 
