POST OF SALADILLO. 49 



all the posts in the provinces of Santa Fh and 

 Cordova^ are either protected by mud walls or 

 entrenchments, so open and exposed are they 

 to the attacks of these southern savages : leaving 

 La Cruz Alta, we passed along in sight of the 

 Rio Saladillo,^ whose banks are almost perpen- 

 dicular, and lined with a few trees. At sunset 

 we arrived at Lobaton, making ninety-nine miles 

 this day. 



Sunday 29lk. Started at eight : at four leagues 

 distance, came to the Rio Saladillo, which, 

 after crossing, we arrived at the post and village 

 of the same name, consisting of ten or twelve 

 huts entrenched. Here was stationed a guard 

 and commandant against the incursions of the 

 Indians, and having produced our passports, we 

 changed horses at Barrancas, and fell in with 

 twelve waggons of the country proceeding to 

 Buenos Ayres. These machines are made of 



* I believe this is Rio Tercero, or third river, but 1 cannot 

 speak with certainty. 



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