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The News of the Lost Captain

           Itwasaspectaclewhichcausedbothpleasureandpain,fornothingcouldbemorecuriousthantoseethesaidwater-spoutswanderingovertheplain,comingincontactandminglingwitheachother,andfallingandrisinginwildconfusion;but,ontheotherhand,nothingcouldbemoredisagreeablethanthedustwhichwasthrownoffbytheseinnumerableMEDANOS,whichwassoimpalpablethatcloseone’seyesastheymight,itfounditswaythroughthelids.

           Thisphenomenonlastedthegreaterpartoftheday.Thetravelersmadegoodprogress,however,andaboutfouro’clocktheCordilleraslayfullfortymilesbehindthem,thedarkoutlinesbeingalreadyalmostlostintheeveningmists.Theywereallsomewhatfatiguedwiththejourney,andgladenoughtohaltforthenightonthebanksoftheNeuquem,calledRamid,orComoebycertaingeographers,atroubled,turbulentrapidflowingbetweenhighredbanks.

           Noincidentofanyimportanceoccurredthatnightorthefollowingday.Theyrodewellandfast,findingthegroundfirm,andthetemperaturebearable.Towardnoon,however,thesun’srayswereextremelyscorching,andwheneveningcame,abarofcloudsstreakedthesouthwesthorizonasuresignofachangeintheweather.ThePatagonianpointeditouttothegeographer,whoreplied:

           "Yes,Iknow;"andturningtohiscompanions,added,"see,achangeofweatheriscoming!WearegoingtohaveatasteofPAMPERO."

           AndhewentontoexplainthatthisPAMPEROisverycommonintheArgentineplains.Itisanextremelydrywindwhichblowsfromthesouthwest.

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