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A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           Yes,suchisindeedthepampaoftheRioColorado,sucharethe"llanos"oftheOrinocoandofVenezuela.Buthere,weareinacountry,theappearanceofwhichevenastonishesme.Itistrue,itisthefirsttimeIhavefollowedthisrouteacrosstheplateau,aroutewhichhastheadvantageofshorteningourjourney.But,ifIhavenotyetseenit,Iknowthatitpresentsanextraordinarycontrasttotheveritablepampa.Astothisone,youwouldfinditagain,notbetweentheCordillerasofthewestandthehighchainoftheAndes,butbeyondthemountains,overallthateasternpartofthecontinentwhichextendsasfarastheAtlantic."

           "MustwethencleartheAndesrange?"DickSandasked,quickly.

           "No,myyoungfriend,no,"repliedtheAmerican,smiling."SoIsaid:Youwouldfinditagain,andnot:Youwillfinditagain.Bereassured,weshallnotleavethisplateau,thegreatestelevationsofwhichdonotexceedfifteenhundredfeet.Ah!ifithadbeennecessarytocrosstheCordilleraswithonlythemeansoftransportatourdisposal,Ishouldneverhavedrawnyouintosuchanundertaking."

           "Infact,"repliedDickSand,"itwouldbebettertoascendordescendthecoast."

           "Oh!ahundredtimes!"repliedHarris."ButtheFarmofSanFeliceissituatedonthissideoftheCordilleras.So,then,ourjourney,neitherinitsfirstnorinitssecondpart,willofferanyrealdifficulty."

           "Andyoudonotfeargoingastrayintheseforests,whichyoucrossforthefirsttime?"askedDickSand.

           "No,myyoungfriend,no,"repliedHarris.

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