Traveling in Chili

           THEnativetroopsorganizedbyLordGlenarvanconsistedofthreemenandaboy.ThecaptainofthemuleteerswasanEnglishman,whohadbecomenaturalizedthroughtwentyyears’residenceinthecountry.Hemadealivelihoodbylettingoutmulestotravelers,andleadingthemoverthedifficultpassesoftheCordilleras,afterwhichhegavetheminchargeofaBAQUEANO,orArgentineguide,towhomtheroutethroughthePampaswasperfectlyfamiliar.ThisEnglishmanhadnotsofarforgottenhismothertongueamongmulesandIndiansthathecouldnotconversewithhiscountrymen,andaluckythingitwasforthem,asLordGlenarvanfounditfareasiertogiveordersthantoseethemexecuted,Paganelwasstillunsuccessfulinmakinghimselfunderstood.

           TheCATAPEZ,ashewascalledinChilian,hadtwonativescalledPEONS,andaboyabouttwelveyearsofageunderhim.ThePEONStookcareofthebaggagemules,andtheboyledtheMADRINA,ayoungmareadornedwithrattleandbells,whichwalkedinfront,followedbytenmules.Thetravelersrodesevenofthese,andtheCATAPEZanother.Theremainingtwocarriedprovisionsandafewbalesofgoods,intendedtosecurethegoodwilloftheCaciquesoftheplain.ThePEONSwalked,accordingtotheirusualhabit.

           Everyarrangementhadbeenmadetoinsuresafetyandspeed,forcrossingtheAndesissomethingmorethananordinaryjourney.Itcouldnotbeaccomplishedwithoutthehelpofthehardymulesofthefar-famedArgentinebreed.Thoserearedinthecountryaremuchsuperiortotheirprogenitors.

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