Through the Heart of Patagonia
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- THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I PATAGONIA
- CHAPTER II SOUTHWARD HO!
- CHAPTER III THE BATTLE OF THE HORSES
- CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OF THE HORSES—(continued)
- CHAPTER V THE RIVER VALLEYS
- CHAPTER VI MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TEHUELCHES
- CHAPTER VII TEHUELCHE METHODS OF HUNTING
- CHAPTER VIII THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS
- CHAPTER IX ROUND AND ABOUT LAKE BUENOS AIRES
- CHAPTER X THE GORGE OF THE RIVER DE LOS ANTIGUOS
- CHAPTER XI SOME HUNTING CAMPS
- CHAPTER XII BACK TO CIVILISATION
- CHAPTER XIII JOURNEY TO LAKE ARGENTINO
- CHAPTER XIV THE DOWN-STREAM NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER LEONA
- CHAPTER XV A HARD STRUGGLE
- CHAPTER XVI WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER XVII ON THE FIRST ATTITUDE OF WILD ANIMALS TOWARDS MAN
- CHAPTER XVIII[27] THE LARGER MAMMALS OF PATAGONIA
- CHAPTER XIX FIRST PASSING THROUGH HELLGATE
- CHAPTER XX DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KATARINA AND LAKE PEARSON
- CHAPTER XXI HOMEWARD
- A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PATAGONIA
- APPENDIX A
- I. Account of the Discovery. By Dr. Moreno.
- II. Description and Comparison of the Specimen. By A. Smith Woodward.
- (a) Description.
- (b) Comparisons and General Conclusions.
- III. Description of Additional Discoveries. By A. Smith Woodward.[39]
- 1. Remains of Grypothrium listai.
- 2. Associated Mammalian Remains.
- 3. Relative Age of the Remains.
- IV. Note concerning Tehuelche Legends.
- APPENDIX B On a new Form of Puma from Patagonia. By Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S.
- APPENDIX C LIST OF PLANTS.[67] By James Britten, F.L.S., and A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc.
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
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