To the many who have helped me in this work I tender my most sincere thanks.
CAMPBELL P. OGILVIE.
LAWFORD PLACE,
MANNINGTREE, ESSEX,
December, 1910.
CONTENTS.
- [ARGENTINA FROM A BRITISH POINT OF VIEW]
- [HISTORY OF THE SANTA FÉ LAND COMPANY, LIMITED.]
- [THE VALUE OF LAND IN ARGENTINA.]
- [REMARKS ON STORMS AND THE CLIMATE OF THE ARGENTINE.]
- [SOME EXPERIENCES OF WORKING ON ESTANCIAS.]
- [THE SOCIAL SIDE OF CAMP LIFE.]
- [CARNIVAL IN THE ARGENTINE.]
- [HORSE-RACING IN THE ARGENTINE.]
- [SUNDAYS IN CAMP.]
- [THE SERVANT PROBLEM IN ARGENTINA.]
- [POLICE OF A BYGONE DAY.]
- [A VISIT TO THE NORTHERN CHACO.]
- [WORK IN THE WOODS.]
- [CACHAPÉS, AND OTHER THINGS.]
- [MY FRIEND THE AXEMAN.]
- [DUST AND OTHER STORMS.]
- [LOCUSTS.]
- [CONSCRIPT LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.]
- [ACROSS THE BOLIVIAN ANDES IN 1901.]
- [PROGRESS OF THE PORT OF BUENOS AIRES.]
- [JUST MY LUCK!]
- ["THE TACURU."]
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
- [CATTLE TRAIN ON CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAY, BRINGING CATTLE TO BARRANCOSA]
- [LOADING WHEAT AT ROSARIO FROM THE "BARRANCA"]
- [SAN CRISTOBAL ESTANCIA HOUSE]
- [WATERING-PLACE AT BARRANCOSA]
- [WOOD ON THE COMPANY'S OWN LINE READY FOR LOADING]
- [LOADING TIMBER AT WAYSIDE STATION]
- [WHEAT READY FOR LOADING AT STATION ON CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAY]
- [THE MAKER OF LAND VALUES]
- [TENNIS PARTY AT VERA]
- [CARNIVAL AT VERA]
- ["A DAY OF REAL ENJOYMENT"]
- [SQUARE QUEBRACHO LOGS WORKED BY THE AXEMAN, SHOWING RESIN OOZING THEREFROM]
- [LOADING WHEAT AT THE PORT OF BUENOS AIRES]
- [HORSES AWAITING INSPECTION]
- [STACKING ALFALFA]
- [ALFALFA ELEVATOR AT WORK]
- [THE GREEN FIELDS OF ALFALFA]
- [HERD OF CATTLE]
- [EXPANSE OF ALFALFA]
- [DISC-PLOUGH AT WORK]
- [ROADMAKER AND RAILROAD BUILDER]
- [PLOUGHING VIRGIN CAMP]
- [HART-PARR ENGINE, DRAWING ROADMAKER]
- [CATTLE LEAVING DIP]
- [CROSSING THE SALADO]
- [THE EFFECT OF A LONG DROUGHT]
- [REFINED CAMPS]
- ["RICH BLACK ALLUVIAL SOIL"]
- [WATER KNEE-DEEP]
- [QUEBRACHO COLORADO TREE]
- [SLEEPERS AWAITING TRANSPORT AT VERA]
- [TANNIN EXTRACT FACTORY]
- [SOME OF THE HORSES]
- ["AWFUL FLOOD"]
- [ON THE WAY TO OLMOS]