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FL-Er.IAKS ANIJ WIGWAMS. 



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Excursion to CVilonia tlel Sacramiento — \"aluc of an Eslancia — Catllc, how counted 

 — Singular Krced of Oxen — I'erforated rdtlilcs — Shei>heid - dogs — Horses 

 Kroken-in, Gauchos Riding — Character of InhaVjitants — Kio I'lata — Flocks of 

 Butterflies — Aeronaut Spiders — Phosphorescence of the Sea— I'ort Desire — 

 Guanaco — I'ort St. Julian — Geology of Patagonia — Fossil gigantic Animal 

 Types of Oiganisation constant — Change in the Zoology of America — Causes of 

 Extinction. 



PANDA OIUEXT.M. AXh PATACOXl.X 



H.\VI>:g been dcla)-cd for ncaii\- a fnrtniL^ht in ilie c\iv. I was 

 glad to escape on board a packet bound for Monte \'ideo. A 

 town in a state of blockade must always be a disa!.^recablc place 

 fif residence ; in this case inoreiA'cr tiicrc were constant appre- 

 hensions from robbers within. The sentinels were the worst iif 

 all ; for, from their office and from ha\ ing arms in their liamls, 

 the)- robbed with a degree of authorit}- which other men could 

 not itnitate. 



