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PREFACE.

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In submitting the following pages to the public, I amconscious that some readers who desire exact andscientific descriptions of the geography and geology ofPatagonia will be disappointed; but it must be urgedas an apology that instruments could not be carried norsafely used under the circumstances. The course travelledwas as carefully laid down, by the help of a compass, aswas possible; and the map of the country is so faraccurate, and, if incomplete, at least is not imaginative.To others who may perhaps eagerly expect tales of stirringadventure and hair-breadth escapes, such as are usuallyrecounted as the every-day occurrences of uncivilised life,I can only express the hope that this faithful record oflife with the Indians all the year round, if not verysensational, will serve at least to make them really athome with the Tehuelches. It is a pleasanter task torecord my thanks to those by whose assistance the resultsof my journey have been utilised; foremost of whom is thevenerable ex-President of the Royal Geographical Society,Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, whose kindly reception and introductionof the returned traveller to the Society are gratefullyacknowledged. My obligations are scarcely less to- viii -CLEMENTS MARKHAM, C.B., whose unrivalled knowledgeof the early history as well as the geography of SouthAmerica has been freely placed at my disposal; and toDr. HOOKER, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for hiscourteous assistance in identifying some of the plants observed:while to Mr. RUDLER, of the Museum of Mines, Iam indebted for a careful classification of the various specimensof rocks and minerals collected in the country.Lastly, the reader will share in my gratitude to Mr.ZWECKER, whose able pencil has created, out of roughoutlines sketched in a pocket-book, the vivid and faithfulillustrations which

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