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"
I
have
read
somewhere
,
"
he
said
,
"
that
about
the
Arabs
there
is
a
peculiar
expression
of
ferocity
in
the
mouth
,
while
the
eyes
have
a
kindly
look
.
Now
,
in
these
American
savages
it
is
quite
the
reverse
,
for
the
eye
has
a
particularly
villainous
aspect
.
"
No
physiognomist
by
profession
could
have
better
characterized
the
Indian
race
.
But
desolate
as
the
country
appeared
,
Thalcave
was
on
his
guard
against
surprises
,
and
gave
orders
to
his
party
to
form
themselves
in
a
close
platoon
It
was
a
useless
precaution
,
however
;
for
that
same
evening
,
they
camped
for
the
night
in
an
immense
TOLDERIA
,
which
they
not
only
found
perfectly
empty
,
but
which
the
Patagonian
declared
,
after
he
had
examined
it
all
round
,
must
have
been
uninhabited
for
a
long
time
.
Next
day
,
the
first
ESTANCIAS
of
the
Sierra
Tandil
came
in
sight
.
The
ESTANCIAS
are
large
cattle
stations
for
breeding
cattle
;
but
Thalcave
resolved
not
to
stop
at
any
of
them
,
but
to
go
straight
on
to
Fort
Independence
.
They
passed
several
farms
fortified
by
battlements
and
surrounded
by
a
deep
moat
,
the
principal
building
being
encircled
by
a
terrace
,
from
which
the
inhabitants
could
fire
down
on
the
marauders
in
the
plain
.
Glenarvan
might
,
perhaps
,
have
got
some
information
at
these
houses
,
but
it
was
the
surest
plan
to
go
straight
on
to
the
village
of
Tandil
.
Accordingly
they
went
on
without
stopping
,
fording
the
RIO
of
Los
Huasos
and
also
the
Chapaleofu
,
a
few
miles
further
on
.
Soon
they
were
treading
the
grassy
slopes
of
the
first
ridges
of
the
Sierra
Tandil
,
and
an
hour
afterward
the
village
appeared
in
the
depths
of
a
narrow
gorge
,
and
above
it
towered
the
lofty
battlements
of
Fort
Independence
.
THE
Sierra
Tandil
rises
a
thousand
feet
above
the
level
of
the
sea
.
It
is
a
primordial
chain
--
that
is
to
say
,
anterior
to
all
organic
and
metamorphic
creation
.
It
is
formed
of
a
semi-circular
ridge
of
gneiss
hills
,
covered
with
fine
short
grass
.
The
district
of
Tandil
,
to
which
it
has
given
its
name
,
includes
all
the
south
of
the
Province
of
Buenos
Ayres
,
and
terminates
in
a
river
which
conveys
north
all
the
RIOS
that
take
their
rise
on
its
slopes
.
After
making
a
short
ascent
up
the
sierra
,
they
reached
the
postern
gate
,
so
carelessly
guarded
by
an
Argentine
sentinel
,
that
they
passed
through
without
difficulty
,
a
circumstance
which
betokened
extreme
negligence
or
extreme
security
.
A
few
minutes
afterward
the
Commandant
appeared
in
person
.
He
was
a
vigorous
man
about
fifty
years
of
age
,
of
military
aspect
,
with
grayish
hair
,
and
an
imperious
eye
,
as
far
as
one
could
see
through
the
clouds
of
tobacco
smoke
which
escaped
from
his
short
pipe
.
His
walk
reminded
Paganel
instantly
of
the
old
subalterns
in
his
own
country
.
Thalcave
was
spokesman
,
and
addressing
the
officer
,
presented
Lord
Glenarvan
and
his
companions
.
While
he
was
speaking
,
the
Commandant
kept
staring
fixedly
at
Paganel
in
rather
an
embarrassing
manner
.
The
geographer
could
not
understand
what
he
meant
by
it
,
and
was
just
about
to
interrogate
him
,
when
the
Commandant
came
forward
,
and
seizing
both
his
hands
in
the
most
free-and-easy
fashion
,
said
in
a
joyous
voice
,
in
the
mother
tongue
of
the
geographer
:
"
A
Frenchman
!
"
