New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-10

This il "A book belonging to class WiI'h a''
turned out by the score every year ii"i" 'e
press The authors are amateur travellers, VIZ"
have plenty of money and nothing 10 no. mn" VII"
run about .he world to relieve HE from me
,nonoto,v of dinners dressing and small talk
When they return they write books, made up "l'n
~, ,,rch Labor from their diaries and memories
The books arr usually thin and superficial i"r the
motive of the writers is nothing serious than
70 lac lonized for season in London drwing-roon's
as people who have just returned from diS''n,
corsers Of the earth after wonderful adventures ana
bairbrcadth escapes 1t happens once Ill a""''',
however that among this mass of easily mace ana
.na.dilv forgotten literature a book appears he
scrntiye of some part of the surface oil the S"n' q"
which the public has heard but little, ana Is curious
10 know more Such books although written rs
carcessly as any of their companions, and with no
hotter purpose have value, and can DC I'a"
with some interest and profit They may weary '"'
reader with their narratiVcspi pct'N PIS""'' ~
,or;ercos their accounts of how the writers I'M
rovid tbcir dinners under adverse circumstances,
and how badly they felt when the last bottle oil
Bass's ale was consumed, but they add something
10 the general stock of knowledge
book of this type is Lady Florence blN'
q Across Patagonia This active, adventurous Ing
Gshwoman went to Patagonia, because IT was
OutlaiuSll place anu ~ 4"A "'"''
Tired of civilization and wanted to escape Non'-
ubere. So she made up party consisting OF her
husband. her two brothers Lord Quccnsbery L'rd
ponolas. Mr. Bcerbohn. who had already pun
i;sb.J a book on Patagonia, and a single servant
The travellers sailed from Liverpool in December,
ISIS and after touching At the brazilian ports ana
at Montevidco entered the Straits OF Magr!'h an"
landed al Sandy Point. Cmlian settlement I"r-
nerly penal colony. but now trading Town anu
point d'appu for the efforts of Cmli To occupy ah"
ciyilizc the adjacent country Across the N'I''1
OH the Island of Terra del fucso they saw 'a' COZ
umns of smoke rising up To the blue Sky' maiNIhR
tho snots where the savage natives had buit their
ca,up fires and remembered that II was The same
sight which led the early spanish 'oIasrI' L" can
the island the Land of lire. They did mol see any
of the Fucgans. save canoe load M ulN''h'''
INIT they heard many stories Of their sire and iorociy
and their cannibal proPn~ItI'~. The '"i INC
moulaud whom they encountered were good
poturcd folk. of medium stature living pcacc1hy
in little villages and given Ia 40 more 1cf"iN wee
than pilf,rinr Lady Florence and her companions
SET out for the interior a. soon rs they c'n'd r't
horse. dogs and guides They appear To- have hHd
mn plau of travel save To- reach the base of the mah
Andes and to return to the Straits IN time {" eaten q
return steamer. and no special motive h'N"hd
rouching il and hunting the guana'o and the
ostrich. They saw deal of Wild country vast
grassy plains interpreted with tracts "i h'r'h
woods and stretches Of sandy desert. ana imposing
mountain raurrs-campcd for "a imc IN one "i the
brh Cordilcra, valleys beside a lake Of marvellous
beauty and in ,ghl Of the three huge red needles
called Clcopatras Peaks, which tower al"it from
dazzling fields of eternal SNOW hunted 10 thor
hearts content. and made their way back To the
settlement on the straits M safely
The descriptions Of hunting adventures form 'h"
best CHAPTERS in the book. The gla'mr". INST
cousin To the lama is found in Patagonia ~ Great
Numbers. and a. he j. swift and >urr of foot and
expert in escaping from the PLAINS I" Tie '''"'n
conntry gives the hlui. man and hi, dog, plenty of
arluons sport. Iii, flesh is the principal reliance Of
the natives for food Here j. lively account Of a
chase after one of these animals:
The wind got colder and colder. a white cloud
cr,pt np on the horizon and grew amt rev,
sweeping swiftly toward Inc TIL ] suddenly i"'ud
myself enVclopcd IN a furious hdil-.t"Iin. came
10 n stand>iili and covered mp ny h'ah l." li"''i
myself from the h1ll>i"neS. which W'W,NN, Ii-'.
The sdual did not last long. bat when "1hr" tn
again | found the hole country Na0 vi, .'N'u
over an atmospheric freak having cr'd''H Il "I' ~
winter laudScapc an the middle Of summer. SUI
denly started: CLOS, 10 mc >tond pcri"' if h"i'h-
L.. and staring me fall in the face tall glaWl'"
/ yyas 40 startled and surprised that lor the spare
of a minute | Sat quietly returning hi> - are: =
movement of my horse lrohc The, spell J nr
daTt"d TN ~lttt OF u mn liN' i4-'t.i.'-
and pau>nI . moment on IT. summit. diNaPi 'i"d
| mranwh iie had uu~luug my rllc, ana Wa on I'D
pursuit of him. Instead Of climbing me hiii ron,
quickly rom lis base. and on the DINER sue a' ]
had eXpcctcl | discovered my ifcnd looking up
ward no doubt thinking | >hnud appear by The
same road he had come. ! had the ~rlil~hNr~..
tIouph | am Ire sport>mcn viii excuse H. I" wish
Ia kill the first -manaCo inN,' H. ANA wa, therefore
Inv no means Ill pleased to find that my c"nlIm""7
had not H. vet perceived Ms With beating hr1it
/ dislnountcd and walked slowly toward ih"
guanaco who, though he saw me coming. ,iil t.
manned quietly standing. My weapon N1~a HrHt
rock ri,lc but though an cNcclyut arm % 1d li"i
carry more than 40 yards with precision. and /
was now sometime over 10 wards RON my pi'N 4;
He allowed me To- adVauc" tlll Wiiihh thC rp"i'"
distance hut then to- NY d-,u>t. just ~ Wa> pre-
pairing To fire, l,>urrly walked on another ihiF or
forty yards before hr stopped again, watching me
the while il seemed with ah amused i''E Hi Hi
merit iurnre, which aggTdNdiDd me tnh-I"'fdhN. !
sloNvIv followed him. VowIng 10 hrr The moment /
was within range. whether hr moved "I not. Ihls
FIN. I ,,ns NOR. >utrc~-ful The gudfdro allowed
me to come within about The necessary 80 yards:
Poor fellow" | murIuurci generously a. /
brought my rifle mp Ia my shoulder ami i""h ann
inst heLiud his. Only one step Toward To MAKE
anite certain. Alas TOOK II. and down "'n'
into a hole which in my Cagrnc~' ! Idd hot no.
tieed falling rather heavily on my lace. ~ L
second | WAS up again just IN tInc Ia see INC
guan1rn boundiur up a far c~rarppcnt. taking ~lth
him nv last chance Of becoming the heroine OF ihr
day. There was nothing for II hlii 10 Walk nae u"
where had left NV horse and see WHAT h'" be-
come of my companions -,
| took the same road the guanaco had taken. on
thc remote possibility of falling III with nm again.
Riding up the c,carpmcnt above referred TO- came
on 10 a broad plain and there an exciting chase vas
going on IN which, az II appeared was con
dcinned 10 take the part OF spectator "nNi ~
some distance. and going across my hhc oi slelii
was "A guauaro running at fun speed, Cl"~'lY fol-
lowed hy pack Of dogs. in whose track, hll some
ways behind. galloped three horsrncn, whom male
nut 10 be- my husband, and brother, and Gr&"H9
The guanaCO AT first seemed tO be losing tl"uhh'
but i was only for an instant III anoth;I he
bounded away with and II appacnt thai ,s
vet hc WAS only playing with his pursncrs. Inc
pace began Ia tell on the dogs the less speedy
were already beginning Ia tail of one OF them,
probably GrcgOrus swift Plcdc Plata, being Tar IN
advance of its comrades, and by no means 10 he
shaken off by the gianIcO no had now given up
any playful demonstrations of superiority, and had
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