Identifier: throughheartofpa00pricrich (find matches)
Title: Through the heart of Patagonia
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh, 1876-1922 Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944 Thomas, Oldfield, 1858- Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931 Moreno, Francisco Pascasio, 1852-1919 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938 Britten, James, 1846-1924
Subjects: Natural history -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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stones, but of course they were soaking. It wassix oclock in the evening, the sun had lost its power, a cold windwas blowing, and I had nothing to pass the night in save some oil-skins and my wet clothes ; besides, I was rather badly cut aboutthe head and knees. I must explain that during my swim Barckhausen hadsucceeded in driving the horses into the river, and they werecome to anchor on the shingle island in mid-stream. Our beddingwas upon the back of one of them, and the river was still risingrapidly. We therefore decided to return to the camp, as beingmore sheltered. Barckhausen kindlv lent me his shirt, as hehad his vest, coat and great-coat, which were dry. We startedonce more to climb that weary two hundred feet of barranca, andwere much beset by rolling stones and sliding sand. Scarcely hadwe reached the top when the horses, after standing for an hourand a half on their mid-stream island, took it into their headsto turn about and swim back, so we scrambled down our cliff-side
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