The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-30
Adventurous Fase.

Sixteen years ago young frencnman
named Guinnard left home and friends to
seek his fortune. He possessed, 1t seems,
ropd blood and some ancestral acres, but
no money, When considering in what dt-
reetion to turn his footsteps, he resolved 10
do something that other people did not do.
California and Australia were, already too
much hackncred for bis tuste, and India
Eantl China were common place to a degree !;
So NJ. Gunnard determined to retrieve hiS
fortunes in the wild Pampas Of South Ame-
irica. :,
7 Nv February. 1856, our adventures, bad
visited many of the southern countries of
thp continent, had roamcd through the Ar
Gentjne Confederation, the fui thcr regions
Of Buepos Ayres, and other places, but
failed TO hit upon his niche. Wandering
|fIisconsolately about the sources of the Rio
Oueonene, he resolved to penetrate INTO
the wilds of the far South. Winter being
fast approaching, and the country likely TO
lie most impracticable anu dangerous Lhe
felicity Of NJ. Guinnard's choice OF nome
isnot ohvions. Lie was, however, roIl;,n- nl
tic. and be fell in with an Italian, one re-
ilritto. who was no less so. The two seemed
to have fratcrnized at once, Inilamcd
hy the common object Of doing something
other people did not do, and doing 1t III Tue
most fatlIous and aiinlcss manner. a
casual plunge into the heart Of Patagonia
at mldwinier. without provisions or me'ns
Of shelter, appeared to them well adapted
ito the development of their idea. " we
are not ignorant" nalvely writes Nj. Gutn-
nard. Z" OF the numberless difficulties and
dangers by when We might be assailed.
hut having determined to ETaveall, we only
took the precaulion to purchase 4 compass
and sun-dial, and to make out plan OF
our intended route, on winch each daf
Journey was Ibid down. This done, we
started with that confidence with witch
resolution and hope inspire YOUTH"
With this unique equipment the traVci.
lers duly set forth, aud edme to The gr!et
thcv thus invited with rare celeri.y. On
their second day out they were deluScd
with rain and scarified by sharp winds-a
condition of things that was kept up
for four days. During this time they
slept at night on wet earth. with
no canopy save the weeping clouds.
"Not a creature could they hunt, not
fire could they light" On the nth
day the sun appeared, and the pair dried
their cloi hes, shot some "rabbitlikc AMI
mails. and cat up what eas left Of Il scanty
supply or bread. 1hus fortified they
pushed on to meet strange and terrible ad-
ventures. Once they rested for The night
in cave, where they lit il fire, roasted
game, and got ready to sleep. Fairly
coiled up for TIE purpose, ga swelling
river poured in upon thcm." Their re-
treat was part of Il bed OF Il stream that,
sing from distant rains, and, approach.
ing by subterranean channels, thus IN
Hospitality burst in upon them. This
danger was escaped, but others soon
came in in its train. No food could be
found, and the advcnturers were threat.
ened with starvation. In their delirium
they late the earLh," washing it down
with draughts of salt-impregnated water
from the pOols.n This diet seems to have
agreed with Glinnard, but not with re-
dritto, who "rolled upon the ground ut
tering the most heart-rendering cries"
Soon the two began to reproach e;lch other
for the journey they had taken, ana at last
came to blows. The grotes4uely horrible
could hardly have u more vivid eXempitl-
cation than that Of these two lcnely men,
far away in the wilderness, "mad with
hunger and thirst, and flying at each other
like wild beasis.' after this they found
some roots, and when literally ut deaths
door the two managed to kill 4 puma,
whose blood they drank raw, and on which
they Su3sisted for some time. \ tragic de-
nouement of this drama was close at hand.
The pair were surprised while hunting by
host of latagonians, and trightful scene
ensued. Seeing that the SayAccs were
Bent on mischief, Guinnard and his com
pauion bat,led 10 the last. Poor PcdriltO
fell, stoned and pierced TO death. Gum
nard fell, too, after shooting several Of his
foes; but he WAS only stunned. On IT.
covering consciousness he found himself
the prisoner of barbaraUs in the wildS Of
Patagonia. There he remained for three
wears, and his book, which has lately ar-
peared in France, narratcS bis experience
duting hat dismal period.
The tribe into whose hands the lucklesS
Guinnarl fell was that of the PoynchcS,
who wander on the banks of the Rio Ne
gro. between Pachccho Island to the loot Of
the Cor,iilIcraS. sThc account OF them by
their prisoner is extraordinary, and, sup
posing it to be trustworthy, highly yaua"
bic. On this point we can only say the au-
thor is member the Geographical Society
of France, and that his English tram slator,
MIR. Cheltnam, announces his perfect trust
in NJ. Guinnard's good faith. How he mln.
aged to live through what he n1rrates
passes comprehension. He WIS kicked and
mangled, fed on raw horsc.ilcsh, made to
live and sleep with halt-famiShed dogs, and
otherwise maItrcated. Yet he survived to
produce Il book which, with our limited
knowledge OF the people and regions to
which it relates, has signal interest and utll-
'ity.-NeU York Times.