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Chapter II: Appendix: C 336

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LIST OF PLANTS. BY JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S., AND A. B.
RENDLE, M.A., D.SC.

GLOSSARY 341

INDEX 343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

Tehuelche Hunting Scene (In Colour) Frontispiece
Facing page
Outfitting in a Patagonian Store 22

The first guanaco 26

A daughter of the Toldos 80

A New Cure for the Measles (In Colour) 86

A Tehuelche cacique 90

A Tehuelche matron, showing hare-lip 94

Children of the Toldos 98

Tehuelche matrons 100

A Tehuelche beauty 102

Boleadores 104

Sons of the Pampas 110

The Tehuelche Toldos 114

Onas stalking guanaco 120

Store-clad Indians 124

Tehuelche spying guanaco (In Colour) 132

Best head of Huemul (Xenelaphus bisulcus) Shot by the author 146

Rest-and-be-Thankful Camp 150

Huemul in summer coat (In Colour) 152

Descending the Barranca 158

Guanacos descending a hillside (Photogravure) 160

A Patagonian lagoon (In Colour) 168

The Italian engineers' waggon 174

Sierra Ventana 176

The drinking place (Photogravure) 186

Fiord of Lake Argentino, showing forest on Mt. Avellanada 190

End of Southern Fiord of Lake Argentino 192

The Wild Man (Photogravure) 194

The World of Ice 202

The fire 220

A glade in the Lake Rica Forest 226

The Leader of the Herd (Photogravure) 230

As it was in the beginning 232

Camp Thieves (In Colour) 244

Pearson's Puma " 252

The North Fiord 264

Our launch among the ice 270

Another view of the Glacier de los Tempanos 274

Eventide 278

The last reach 284

TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS

The pampas (showing first division) 1

One of our Gauchos 1

Among the Andes 3

A Tehuelche Cacique 7

Lakes and the distant Cordillera (showing second division) 8,9

A Patagonian Estancia 11

Argentine Gaucho 12

Half-breed Gaucho 13

J. B. Scrivenor 17

T. R. D. Burbury 20

Welsh Settlement of Trelew 21

Humphrey Jones, Jun. 23

The start on our long trek 27

Mr. Langley's Estancia on the road to Bahia Camerones 29

Frederick Barckhausen 31

A pampa round-up 34

J. B. Scrivenor (geologist) and mula 39

The big Overo, a buckjumper 41

The hunter's return 44

Felis concolor puma 45

Guanaco hounds (father and mother of the author's hound, Tom) 46

Ready to be cargoed 50

Mrs. Trelew 52

Yegua Rosada 53

The Asulejo 54

Cargoing-up 56, 57

The author's two best horses, the Cruzado and Alazan 59

Settlement of Colohuapi 64

Our brand 66

The Germans 69

River Senguerr, where disaster overtook us 71

The Old Zaino 72

The Guanaco (an intimate of the Old Zaino's) 73

The Alazan colt (nearly killed on the Senguerr) 74

Wildgoose Camp 77

Bad stalking (califate-bush on pampa) 78

Wati! Wati! (Tehuelche exclamation of surprise) 83

Indian Toldo 85

Arrowheads and knife, found near Colohuapi, Chubut (now in
collection of Mr. E. M. Sprot) 89

Beauties of Tierra del Fuego 108

Tehuelches visit Gallegos 113

On ahead 118

Horsham Base Camp 123

Lake Buenos Aires 126

Señor Hans P. Wagg, of the Argentine Boundary Commission 128

Inlet of Lake Buenos Aires 131

The horses retrieved 135

Sterile ground to north of Lake Buenos Aires 139

Lake Buenos Aires from the Cañadon of the River de los
Antiguos 145

Grassy camp 154

Young guanaco 156

First huemul camp 162

The off-saddle 165

Jones smokes the pipe of victory 166

The Indian trail 171

River Olin 172

River Belgrano 174

The home of the Indian who gave us mutton 176

La Gaviota 177

Santa Cruz 178

Residents of Santa Cruz 179

The main street, Santa Cruz 182

Ford on the River Santa Cruz 184

Estancia of Mr. E. Cattle 193

The launch, with Mr. Cattle and Bernardo on board 197

Bernardo Hähansen 207

Where the squalls came from 215

Forests under the snows where wild cattle breed 224

Edge of forest 233

Guanacos on sky-line 237

The huemul doe which touched the author. Photographed with
small camera as she retired 243

Best head of huemul (Xenelaphus bisulcus) shot by the author.
Side view 249

Head of guanaco 254

Guanaco chico (captured with lasso) 256

Red mountain wolf (Canis montanus) 260

Hellgate 262

Beyond man's footsteps 265

Glacier de los Tempanos 273

Glacier and glacial detritus 275

Cañadon of the River Katarina 281

River Katarina 283

Lake Pearson 285

Punta Arenas 292

The author 293

Skin of Grypotherium, outer view 306

Skin of Grypotherium, inner view 307

MAPS

Map showing route of Expedition through Patagonia 36

Map of the Eastern Portion of Lake Buenos Aires 172

Map of Lake Argentino and District (showing routes) 188

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