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CHAPTER XL 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE PAMPAS, CON- 

 TINUED. 



Improved travelling — Biscachas and owls — A supper on 

 the Pampas — Mate — Paroquets, ostriches, and deer — 

 The Indians — Military expedition against them — A 

 waggon train— -A solitary shopkeeper — A foray of the 

 Indians — Female wonder — Mosquitoes — Quick travel- 

 ling — Wire spectacles — Rivers of the plain — Algaroba 

 — Guenbe — Bread not a necessary of life. 



We had capital horses from this post, and 

 rode at a hand gallop, without any order, till it 

 became quite dark, when we were obliged to 

 follow each other in a line, — the postilion and 

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