Through the heart of Patagonia (1902) (14760606426)

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Title: Through the heart of Patagonia
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh, 1876-1922 Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944 Thomas, Oldfield, 1858- Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931 Moreno, Francisco Pascasio, 1852-1919 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938 Britten, James, 1846-1924
Subjects: Natural history -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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the Philistines. Quite right too. A man who canresist making a bargain over a horse whenever he gets the chanceis, like the good young man who died, over-perfect for thiscorrupt old world. From their first settlement the Welsh have spread souththrough the coast-towns of Patagonia, and six weeks journey fromTrelew they have formed another settlement inthe Cordilleras tothe north-west which they have called the i6th October Colony.Thither waggons are always trekking, and waggon-drivers andothers who return bring with them glowing and rosy descriptionsof the young settlement of the interior. The adaptability of theWelsh to the peculiar needs of colonisation is very remarkable.They have certainly stepped into the larger life with success. The influence of the new conditions of existence, so differentfrom that of the Welsh peasant in his own country, is very notice-able in several ways. The older and the younger generation areunlike each other now, and will probably continue to become more
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