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is, however, not without other resources to 

 occupy his mind and vary his pursuits ; for he 

 is much better educated than the greater part of 

 his compatriots, and would be reckoned any 

 where a very intelligent and well informed man. 

 Not far off is the village of Navarro, or the 

 Ci Fort/* as it is called, because a few soldiers 

 from Buenos Ayres are stationed there as a 

 protection to the neighbourhood, against the 



Indians. A married sister of Don — lives in 



this village, with her family, and she came daily, 

 whilst we remained at her brother's house, to 

 assist him in doing the honours ; returning at 

 night, on horseback, across the lake, which it 

 is often necessary to swim. She was, on many 

 occasions, followed by a gaucho, bearing her 

 child before him on the saddle. The little 

 creature was generally fast asleep all the time. 

 This slight sketch of an existence on the Pampas 



