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The Course Decided

           Oneofmyowncountrymen,M.Guinnard,associatedwithmeintheGeographicalSociety,wasthreeyearsaprisoneramongtheIndiansinthePampas.Hehadtoenduresufferingsandill-treatment,butcameoffvictoriousatlast.AEuropeanisausefulbeinginthesecountries.TheIndiansknowhisvalue,andtakecareofhimasifheweresomecostlyanimal."

           "Thereisnottheleastroomthenforhesitation,"saidLordGlenarvan."Gowemust,andassoonaspossible.Whatroutemustwetake?"

           "Onethatisbotheasyandagreeable,"repliedPaganel."Rathermountainousatfirst,andthenslopinggentlydowntheeasternsideoftheAndesintoasmoothplain,turfedandgraveledquitelikeagarden."

           "Letusseethemap?"saidtheMajor.

           "Hereitis,mydearMcNabbs.WeshallgothroughthecapitalofAraucania,andcuttheCordillerasbythepassofAntuco,leavingthevolcanoonthesouth,andglidinggentlydownthemountainsides,pasttheNeuquemandtheRioColoradoontothePampas,tillwereachtheSierraTapalquen,fromwhenceweshallseethefrontieroftheprovinceofBuenosAyres.Theseweshallpassby,andcrossovertheSierraTandil,pursuingoursearchtotheveryshoresoftheAtlantic,asfarasPointMedano."

           Paganelwentthroughthisprogrammeoftheexpeditionwithoutsomuchasaglanceatthemap.HewassopostedupinthetravelsofFrezier,Molina,Humboldt,Miers,andOrbigny,thathehadthegeographicalnomenclatureathisfingers’ends,andcouldtrustimplicitlytohisnever-failingmemory.

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