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• :.L^. RIO NECiiO. 



CIlAl'TKR IV 



Xcyin- -E^lanci:!-. altackc.1 by llic Indian.s Salt I.ako — Flaniinj;rics— 1 

 NeL;ro to R. Colorado — Sacrcil Tree — I'atagoiiian Hare — Indian Faniilies- 

 (leneral Rosas — Proceed to Bahia Rlanca — Sand I )inies — Negro Licutenant- 

 liahia Ulanca — Saline Incrustation^ — I'unta Alta — Zorillo. 



RIO XEGRO TO TAllIA l'.I,AX(A 



////r 2\th, i''^3 3. — T1ic In-aglc sailed frum Malilonado, and on 

 .\ui^'-iist the 3rd she arri\ed off the mmith of tlie Rio Negro. 

 This is tlic principal river on the whole line of coast between 

 the Strait of Magellan and the Plata. It enters the sea about 

 three hundred miles south of the cstuar)' of the Tl.ita. About 

 fifty )-ears ago, under the okl Spanish go\'ernincnt, ,t small 

 colon}' was established here ; and it is still the iriost southern 

 position (lat. 41 J on this eastern coast of ,\ine]-ica, inhabitetl liy 

 civilisi-il man. 



