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A Serious Necessity

           Thehorsesweretiredoutanddyingforwater,andthoughtheirridershadstintedthemselvesfortheirsakes,stilltheirrationwasveryinsufficient.Thedroughtwasconstantlyincreasing,andtheheatnonethelessforthewindbeingnorth,thiswindbeingthesimoomofthePampas.

           Therewasabriefinterruptionthisdaytothemonotonyofthejourney.Mulrady,whowasinfrontoftheothers,rodehastilybacktoreporttheapproachofatroopofIndians.ThenewswasreceivedwithverydifferentfeelingsbyGlenarvanandThalcave.TheScotchmanwasgladofthechanceofgleaningsomeinformationabouthisshipwreckedcountryman,whilethePatagonianhardlycaredtoencounterthenomadicIndiansoftheprairie,knowingtheirbanditpropensities.Herathersoughttoavoidthem,andgaveorderstohispartytohavetheirarmsinreadinessforanytrouble.

           Presentlythenomadscameinsight,andthePatagonianwasreassuredatfindingtheywereonlyteninnumber.Theycamewithinahundredyardsofthem,andstopped.Thiswasnearenoughtoobservethemdistinctly.Theywerefinespecimensofthenativeraces,whichhadbeenalmostentirelysweptawayin1833byGeneralRosas,tallinstature,witharchedforeheadandolivecomplexion.Theyweredressedinguanacoskins,andcarriedlancestwentyfeetlong,knives,slings,bolas,andlassos,and,bytheirdexterityinthemanagementoftheirhorses,showedthemselvestobeaccomplishedriders.

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