Riding Across Patagonia

by Dixie, Florence

• ISBN13: 9781590480182
• ISBN10: 159048018X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

When asked in 1879 why she wanted to travel to such an outlandish place as Patagonia, the author replied without hesitation that she was taking to the saddle in order to flee from the strict confines of polite Victorian society. "Palled with civilization and its surroundings, I wanted to escape to some place where I might be as far removed from them as possible. A longing grows up within one to taste a more vigorous emotion than that afforded by the monotonous round of society's so-called pleasures," Dixie wrote.

Table of Contents

Why Patagonia?

Good-Bye

The Start

Dirty Weather

Lisbon

The Island of Palma

Pernambuco

Bahia

Rio De Janeiro

Rio Harbour

The Town

An Upset

Tijuca

A Tropical Night

More Upsets

Safety at Last

Beauties of Rio

Monte Video

Straits of Magellan

Tierra Del Fuego

Arrival at Sandy Point

Preparations for the Start

Our Outfit

Our Guides

The Start for Cape Negro

Riding Along the Straits

Cape Negro

The First Night Under Canvas

Unexpected Arrivals

Our Guests

A Novel Picnic

Rough Riding

There was a Sound of Revelry by Night

Departure of Our Guests

The Start for the Pampas

An Untoward Accident

A Day's Sport

Unpleasant Effects of the Wind

Off Cape Gregorio

Visit to the Indian Camp

A Patagonian

Indian Curiosity

Physique

Costume

Women

Prominent Characteristics

An Indian Incroyable

Superstitiousness

The Prairie Fire

Unpleasant Visitors

"Speed the Parting Guest"

Off Again

An Ostrich Egg

I'Aria Misleads us

Striking Oil

Preparations for the Chase

Wind and Hail

A Guanaco at Last

An Exciting Run

The Death

Home

Hungry as Hunters

"Fat-Behind-the-Eye"

Elastic Leagues

The Laguna Blanca

An Earthquake

Ostrich-Hunting

Departure from Laguna Blanca

A Wild-Cat

Ibis Soup

A Fertile Canadon

Indian Law and Equity

Our First Puma

Cowardice of the Puma

Discomforts of a Wet Night

A Mysterious Dish

A Good Run

A Numerous Guanaco Herd

A Pampa Hermit

I'Aria Again Loses the Way

Chorlitos

A New Emotion

A Moon Rainbow

Weather Wisdom

Optimist and Pessimist

Wild Fowl Abundant

A Monotonous Ride

A Dreary Landscape

Short Fuel Rations

The Cordilleras

Features of Patagonian Scenery

Heat and Gnats

A Puma Again

"The Rain is Never Weary"

Dampness, Hunger, Gloom

I'Aria to the Rescue

His Ingenuity

A Surprise

A Strange Scene

Califate Berries

Guanaco Stalking

A Dilemma

Mosquitoes

A Good Shot

Mosquitoes

An Unknown Country

Passing the Barrier

Cleopatra's Needles

Foxes

A Good Run

Our Forest Sanctuary

Roughing It

A Bath

A Varied Menu

Excursions into the Mountains

Mysteries of the Cordilleras

Wild Horse Tracks

Deer

Man the Destroyer

An Alarm

The Wild-Horses

An Equine Combat

The Wild Stallion Victorious

The Struggle Renewed

Retreat of the Wild Horses

Excursion to the Cleopatra Needles

A Bog

A Winding River

Difficult Travelling

A Strange Phenomenon

A Fairy Haunt

Wild Horses Again

Their Agility

The Blue Lake

The Cleopatra Peaks

The Promised Land

We Think of Returning

Good-Bye to the Cordilleras

The Last of the Wild Horses

Mosquitoes

A Stormy Night

A Calamity

The Last of Our Biscuit

Utility of Fire-Signals

Isidoro

An Unsavoury Meal

Expensive Loaves

Guanaco Scarce

Disappointment

Night Surprises us

Supperless

Continued Fasting

No Meat in the Camp

The Horses Lost!

Unpleasant Prospects

Found

Short Rations

A Strange Hunt

A Stern Chase

The Mystery Solved

The Cabeza Del Mar

Safely Across

A Camp Night

Cabo Negro Again

Cabo Negro

Home News

Civilisation Again

Our Dis Reputable Appearance

Pucho Missing

The Coming of Pucho

Pucho's Characteristics

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