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THE EXPLOITATION OF THE FORESTS

Manual labour on the obrajes—The land of the bañados and the agricultural cantons of Corrientes—The timber-yards of the Chaco and the tannic-acid works of the Paraná—The exploitation of the maté—The forestry industry and colonization.

• CHAPTER V
  PATAGONIA AND SHEEP-REARING

  The arid tableland and the region of glacial lakes—The first settlements on the Patagonian coast and the indigenous population—Extensive breeding—The use of pasture on the lands of the Rio Negro—Transhumation.

• CHAPTER VI
  THE PLAIN OF THE PAMPAS

  The limits of the prairie—The rains—The wind and the formation of the clay of the Pampas—The wind and the contour—The zones of colonization on the Pampas—Hunting wild cattle and primitive breeding—The sheep-farms—The ranches—The region of "colonies"—The region of lucerne, maize, and wheat—The combination of agriculture and breeding—The economic mechanism of colonization—The exchanges between the different zones of the Pampas.

• CHAPTER VII
  ROADS AND RAILWAYS

  Roads on the plain—The salt road—The "trade route"—Transport by ox-waggons—Arrieros and Troperos—Railways and colonization—The trade in cereals—Home traffic and the reorganization of the system.

• CHAPTER VIII
  THE RIVER-ROUTES

  The use of the river before steam navigation—Floods—The river plain—The bed of the Paraná and its changes—The estuary and its shoals—Maritime navigation—The boats on the Paraná.

• CHAPTER IX
  THE POPULATION

  The distribution of the population—The streams of emigration to the interior—Seasonal migrations—The historic towns—The towns of the Pampean region—Buenos Aires.

• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• NOTES
• INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

• PLATE FACING PAGE

• I. THE FALLS OF THE YGUASSU Frontispiece

• II. THE ARID ANDES—PUNTA VACAS, ON THE TRANS-ANDEAN RAILWAY

  QUEBRADA DE IRUYA

• III. THE PATAGONIAN ANDES

• IV. VEGETATION OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS (ANDES OF THE NORTH-WEST)

  FOREST ON THE OUTER SLOPE OF THE SUB-ANDEAN CHAINS

• V. DRY SCRUB OF THE CENTRAL CHACO

  MARSHES (ESTEROS OR CAÑADAS) OF THE EASTERN CHACO

• VI. THE VALLE OF SANTA MARIA, NORTH-WEST OF MOUNT ACONCAGUA

  THE OASIS OF ANDALGALA

• VII. THE OASIS DEL RINCON, BELOW SAUJIL (ANDALGALA LINE, PROVINCE OF CATAMARCA)

  THE MONTE AT EL YESO

• VIII. A VINEYARD AT SAN JUAN

  A VINEYARD AT MENDOZA