The Pampas and Andes: A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America

The Pampas and Andes: A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America

In placing this little volume before the public, a few words, regarding the manner in which the incidents and material composing it were acquired, may be of interest to the reader. The young gentleman who made the pedestrian trip, of which this forms the narrative, was a native of Massachusetts. I had missed him from his accustomed place for some time, but was ignorant of his contemplated journey, or even that he had gone away, until my attention was called to the following paragraph in the columns of the Boston Daily Advertiser of January 12, 1856, from its Chilian correspondent: Valparaiso, November 27, 1855. There arrived here, a few days since, a young man belonging to Medford, Mass., who has walked across the Pampas and Cordilleras, more than a thousand miles, unable to speak the language, and with an astonishingly small amount of money. So much for a Yankee. My friend was but seventeen years of age when he entered upon his difficult undertaking; but by dint of[Pg 4] perseverance, backed by an enthusiastic love for nature, he accomplished a task that would have seemed insurmountable to many older and more experienced than himself. To use the language of Dr. Brewer, the able author of the Ology of North America, he was a young and enthusiastic naturalist, whose zeal in the study of Natural History prompted him, alone, unaided, and at the risk of his life, to explore the arid plains of South America, while yet a mere lad in years and stature, though his observations there exhibit the close and careful study of maturer years. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 69091
Author: Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)
Release Date: Oct 3, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Publication Date: 1868
Publisher Country: United States