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Traveling in Chili

           Humanbeingstherewerenone,notanativeappeared;notevenoneoftheGUASSOS,thedegenerateoffspringofIndiansandSpaniards,dashedacrosstheplainlikeashadow,hisflyingsteeddrippingwithbloodfromthecruelthrustsinflictedbythegiganticspursofhismaster’snakedfeet.Itwasabsolutelyimpossibletomakeinquirieswhentherewasnoonetoaddress,andLordGlenarvancametotheconclusionthatCaptainGrantmusthavebeendraggedrightovertheAndesintothePampas,andthatitwouldbeuselesstosearchforhimelsewhere.Theonlythingtobedonewastowaitpatientlyandpressforwardwithallthespeedintheirpower.

           Onthe17ththeysetoutintheusuallineofmarch,alinewhichitwashardworkforRoberttokeep,hisardorconstantlycompelledhimtogetaheadoftheMADRINA,tothegreatdespairofhismule.NothingbutasharprecallfromGlenarvankepttheboyinproperorder.

           Thecountrynowbecamemorediversified,andtherisinggroundindicatedtheirapproachtoamountainousdistrict.Riversweremorenumerous,andcamerushingnoisilydowntheslopes.Paganelconsultedhismaps,andwhenhefoundanyofthosestreamsnotmarked,whichoftenhappened,allthefireofageographerburnedinhisveins,andhewouldexclaim,withacharmingairofvexation:

           "Ariverwhichhasn’tanameislikehavingnocivilstanding.Ithasnoexistenceintheeyeofgeographicallaw."

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