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CHAPTER X. 



Description of a Portable Canteen for the Cordillera, or 

 Pampas — Rio de las Vacas— Its Dangers — Mules lost iu 

 crossing — A Man nearly lost — Fourth Night in the Andes — 

 Arrive at Uspallata — View of the Cordillera — Fifth Night 

 in the Andes — Villavicencia — Arrive at Mendoza — Bull 

 Fight at Mendoza — Prepare for the Pampas — Engage the 

 Courier — Leave Mendoza — Arrive at San Luis — Reports 

 of Robbers — Head of a Robber stuck upon a Pole — Fall 

 from a Wild Horse — Swarms of Locusts — Arrive at Frayle 

 Muerto — Desmochado, millions of Mosquitos — Lose my 

 Note Book — A Peon brings it back — Galloped Thirty-six 

 Miles in Two Hours and a Half — Leave the Courier — 

 Meet an English Merchant — Storm in the Pampas — Over- 

 taken by Mr. Robertson — Proceed on together — Arrive at 

 Buenos Ayres. 



Dec, 2\st) Friday. Fine morning, thermo- 

 meter 64^. Shook the sand and stones from our 

 beds and blankets^ or mine rather, for I was the 

 only person that had either, and got my old friend 



