Chapter I: Introduction: xiii

I. PATAGONIA 1

II. SOUTHWARD HO! 15

III. THE BATTLE OF THE HORSES 33

IV. THE BATTLE OF THE HORSES (_continued_) 50

V. THE RIVER VALLEYS 67

VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TEHUELCHES 85

VII. TEHUELCHE METHODS OF HUNTING 104

VIII. THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS 116

IX. ROUND AND ABOUT LAKE BUENOS AIRES 130

X. THE GORGE OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS 144

XI. SOME HUNTING CAMPS 156

XII. BACK TO CIVILISATION 167

XIII. JOURNEY TO LAKE ARGENTINO 181

XIV. THE DOWNSTREAM NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER LEONA 196

XV. A HARD STRUGGLE 211

XVI. WILD CATTLE 224

XVII. ON THE FIRST ATTITUDE OF WILD ANIMALS TOWARDS
MAN 235

XVIII. THE LARGER MAMMALS OF PATAGONIA 247

XIX. FIRST PASSING THROUGH HELLGATE 261

XX. DISCOVERY OF RIVER KATARINA AND LAKE PEARSON 277

XXI. HOMEWARD 287

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PATAGONIA 294

APPENDIX A 301

I. ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY. BY DR. MORENO 301

II. DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON OF THE SPECIMEN. BY
DR. A. SMITH WOODWARD, F.R.S. 305

(a) DESCRIPTION

(b) COMPARISONS AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

III. DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL DISCOVERIES. BY DR. A.
SMITH WOODWARD, F.R.S. 315

IV. DESCRIPTION OF PANGOLINS, ARMADILLOS AND SLOTHS.
BY H. HESKETH PRICHARD 330

APPENDIX B 334

ON A NEW FORM OF PUMA FROM PATAGONIA. BY OLDFIELD
THOMAS, F.R.S.