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The News of the Lost Captain

           TheLAZOisalwaysretainedinthehand.Itissimplyarope,thirtyfeetlong,madeoftightlytwistedleather,withaslipknotattheend,whichpassesthroughanironring.Thisnoosewasthrownbytherighthand,whiletheleftkeepsfastholdoftherope,theotherendofwhichisfastenedtothesaddle.Alongcarbine,intheshoulderbeltcompletedtheaccoutermentsofthePatagonian.

           Hetookhisplaceattheheadoftheparty,quiteunconsciousoftheadmirationhewasexciting,andtheysetoff,goingalternatelyatagallopandwalkingpace,forthe"trot"seemedaltogetherunknowntothem.Robertprovedtobeaboldrider,andcompletelyreassuredGlenarvanastohisabilitytokeephisseat.

           ThePampascommencedattheveryfootoftheCordilleras.Theymaybedividedintothreeparts.ThefirstextendsfromthechainoftheAndes,andstretchesoveranextentof250milescoveredwithstuntedtreesandbushes;thesecond450milesisclothedwithmagnificentherbage,andstopsabout180milesfromBuenosAyres;fromthispointtothesea,thefootofthetravelertreadsoverimmenseprairiesoflucerneandthistles,whichconstitutethethirddivisionofthePampas.

           OnissuingfromthegorgesoftheCordilleras,Glenarvanandhisbandcamefirsttoplainsofsand,calledMEDANOS,lyinginridgeslikewavesofthesea,andsoextremelyfinethattheleastbreathofwindagitatedthelightparticles,andsentthemflyinginclouds,whichroseandfelllikewater-spouts.

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