r °se from beside the fireplace and came to greet us, 
and a little white poodle bounced out, sniffing at our feet. A 
Co.no.ry san^ from a cage, and under the kitchen stove were a 
arge omily^ of Angora kittens. Beside the window was a grand 
pianu, an while 1 was thinking how much the man must love music to 
nave managed getting a grand piano out here in the wilderness, he 
admitted to oeing a composer. His own drawings, striking, bold 
oo -cuts and linoleum cuts of gaucho lire, adorned the walls, 
a ong w i oh a collection of old and native weapons and firearms, 
tie has edited a magazine, and is now writing a book. 
^ or two years he hr s .Lived on Isle. Victoria, and took 
us out to see the trails that he has cut through the dense forest. 
One part of the island is to have a few animals close by the 
landing, fenced in so that visitors can see them; on the rest of 
the land deer and pheasants are to roam free. There are four lakes 
on the island, and in one of them ve came across six black- 
necked swans calmly swimming among the reeds. 
The forest is beautiful, wi th every tree and leaf so unlike 
any other vegetation that we have ever seen that the effect is 
that of a stage setting. The largest tree, which has a closely 
grow/ing small evergreen leaf like boxwood is called coihui (Noto- 
phagus dombeyi ). There is another good sized tree with a bark so 
smooth and white the tree seems to have been peeled clean. Bar- 
berries were more like our own species, and the autumn coolness 
had. turned them brilliant orange. A curious parasitic vine called 
quintral grows thickly in the forest, strangling the trees it 
grows on, but producing masses of brilliant, honeysuckle- shaped 
red blossoms. These bloom all winter, even under coverings of 
snow , and all winter humming-birds come to then . 
After a long walk through the damp and dripping forest we 
came back to sit by the fire and drink bowls of hot soup, Fran eke 
came back with us in the launch, under a sky where black clouds 
rolled up, threatening us, and drenching the full moon. 
May 30 - Bari loch s 
The Park Service wanted us to see their big swanky 
hotel at LLao-Llao, and we drove over there in the morning, over 
a narrow? muddy mountain road that show/ed us at every turn fresh 
picture-postcard views of incredibly blue water and purple moun- 
tains. The hotel, although closed, was really worth seeing. While 
it is a big, de luxe affair, it has kept a rustic effect, and is 
panelled throughout in native wood. A beautiful golf course 
and a pretty little chapel adjoin the hotle. There are 450 rooms 
each one with bath, and the dining room will seat two thousand 
people. It ' She last wrord in refrigeration, heat , fire protecti on. 
Great glassed-in verandahs show? one gorgeous view after another, 
and the f ireplace in the banquet hall is so big that ten tall men 
could stand in it at the same time. 
A guard took us all over the place, but there was 
nothing to eat in spite of the pantry shelves being still stocked 
