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For
two
days
they
plodded
steadily
across
this
arid
and
deserted
plain
.
The
dry
heat
became
severe
.
There
were
not
only
no
RIOS
,
but
even
the
ponds
dug
out
by
the
Indians
were
dried
up
.
As
the
drought
seemed
to
increase
with
every
mile
,
Paganel
asked
Thalcave
when
he
expected
to
come
to
water
.
"
At
Lake
Salinas
,
"
replied
the
Indian
.
"
And
when
shall
we
get
there
?
"
"
To-morrow
evening
.
"
When
the
Argentines
travel
in
the
Pampas
they
generally
dig
wells
,
and
find
water
a
few
feet
below
the
surface
.
But
the
travelers
could
not
fall
back
on
this
resource
,
not
having
the
necessary
implements
.
They
were
therefore
obliged
to
husband
the
small
provision
of
water
they
had
still
left
,
and
deal
it
out
in
rations
,
so
that
if
no
one
had
enough
to
satisfy
his
thirst
no
one
felt
it
too
painful
.
They
halted
at
evening
after
a
course
of
thirty
miles
and
eagerly
looked
forward
to
a
good
night
's
rest
to
compensate
for
the
fatigue
of
day
.
But
their
slumbers
were
invaded
by
a
swarm
of
mosquitoes
,
which
allowed
them
no
peace
.
Their
presence
indicated
a
change
of
wind
which
shifted
to
the
north
.
A
south
or
southwest
wind
generally
puts
to
flight
these
little
pests
.
Even
these
petty
ills
of
life
could
not
ruffle
the
Major
's
equanimity
;
but
Paganel
,
on
the
contrary
,
was
perfectly
exasperated
by
such
trifling
annoyances
.
He
abused
the
poor
mosquitoes
desperately
,
and
deplored
the
lack
of
some
acid
lotion
which
would
have
eased
the
pain
of
their
stings
.
The
Major
did
his
best
to
console
him
by
reminding
him
of
the
fact
that
they
had
only
to
do
with
one
species
of
insect
,
among
the
300,000
naturalists
reckon
.
He
would
listen
to
nothing
,
and
got
up
in
a
very
bad
temper
.
He
was
quite
willing
to
start
at
daybreak
,
however
,
for
they
had
to
get
to
Lake
Salinas
before
sundown
.
The
horses
were
tired
out
and
dying
for
water
,
and
though
their
riders
had
stinted
themselves
for
their
sakes
,
still
their
ration
was
very
insufficient
.
The
drought
was
constantly
increasing
,
and
the
heat
none
the
less
for
the
wind
being
north
,
this
wind
being
the
simoom
of
the
Pampas
.
There
was
a
brief
interruption
this
day
to
the
monotony
of
the
journey
.
Mulrady
,
who
was
in
front
of
the
others
,
rode
hastily
back
to
report
the
approach
of
a
troop
of
Indians
.
The
news
was
received
with
very
different
feelings
by
Glenarvan
and
Thalcave
.
The
Scotchman
was
glad
of
the
chance
of
gleaning
some
information
about
his
shipwrecked
countryman
,
while
the
Patagonian
hardly
cared
to
encounter
the
nomadic
Indians
of
the
prairie
,
knowing
their
bandit
propensities
.
He
rather
sought
to
avoid
them
,
and
gave
orders
to
his
party
to
have
their
arms
in
readiness
for
any
trouble
.
