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Diary of a sheep-drive from the Río Negro to San Julián
700 miles through the empty lands of southern Argentina
 Author: Thomas A. Saunders
Date: September 1888 — March 1889
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March 5-6, 1889

[5th: Started and came about] 4 leagues and camped for the night; track running through the valley and up on to the hard camp; two or three little hills on the left hand and two lagunas in sight on the other. Passed on over a piece of flat camp, and up a hill with a spring at the foot, and over the hill. Came in sight of a laguna on the right-hand. Passed the end of the laguna and entered a valley and camped for the night: not a very good place to camp.

6th: Start again and come on following the valley up and over the hill, and go straight through the flat camp to a gap in the ridge, and camp for the ...

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4 leags and camped for the
night track running through
the valey and up on to the
hard camp two or three
littel hills on the left hand
and two lagoonas in sight
on the other passed an aver
a peice of flat camp and up a
hill with a spring at the foot
and aver the hill cam in sight
of a lagoona on the right
hand passed the end of the
lagoona and intered a valey
and camped for the night
not a very good place to camp
6th start again and cam on folla
the valey up and over the hill
and go strait through the
flat camp to a gap in the
ridge and camp for the