THE PAMPAS. 



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of the Uruguay, Salt lakes are found to the 

 south of Buenos Ayres, and in some districts 

 of Upper Peru the incrustations of salt are 

 said to present the appearance of fields of 

 snow. 



Before we reached this place my horse, 

 while galloping, fell with me from fatigue, and 

 rolled over ; but I got clear away, and was not 

 even shaken by the fall. 1 insisted upon 

 changing with the grumbling postilion, whose 

 horse, indeed, was not much better than my own, 

 though he carried me to the post in safety. 



It was nearly dark when we left Portezuela. 

 I was mounted on a spirited little horse, and we 

 all galloped along through deep tracks, over- 

 grown with grass, lighted only by the moon, 

 and trusting to the sagacity of our beasts, who 

 seemed to know every inch of the way. In 

 jumping down from a high bank into a broader 



