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Strange Signs

           Itwastwenty-twodayssincetheylefttheBayofTalcahuano,andtheyhadgone450miles.

           NextmorningtheycrossedtheconventionallinewhichseparatestheArgentineplainsfromtheregionofthePampas.ItwasherethatThalcavehopedtomeettheCaciques,inwhosehands,hehadnodoubt,HarryGrantandhismenwereprisoners.

           FromthetimeofleavingtheGuamini,therewasmarkedchangeinthetemperature,tothegreatreliefofthetravelers.Itwasmuchcooler,thankstotheviolentandcoldwindsfromPatagonia,whichconstantlyagitatetheatmosphericwaves.Horsesandmenweregladenoughofthis,afterwhattheyhadsufferedfromtheheatanddrought,andtheyfeltanimatedwithfreshardorandconfidence.ButcontrarytowhatThalcavehadsaid,thewholedistrictappeareduninhabited,orratherabandoned.

           Theirrouteoftenledpastorwentrightthroughsmalllagoons,sometimesoffreshwater,sometimesofbrackish.Onthebanksandbushesaboutthese,king-wrenswerehoppingaboutandlarkssingingjoyouslyinconcertwiththetangaras,therivalsincolorofthebrillianthummingbirds.OnthethornybushesthenestsoftheANNUBISswungtoandfrointhebreezelikeanIndianhammock;andontheshoremagnificentflamingosstalkedinregularorderlikesoldiersmarching,andspreadouttheirflamingredwings.Theirnestswereseeningroupsofthousands,formingacompletetown,aboutafoothigh,andresemblingatruncatedconeinshape.Theflamingosdidnotdisturbthemselvesintheleastattheapproachofthetravelers,butthisdidnotsuitPaganel.

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