Do you know that so much nonsense has been written and published about Latin America that it is often quite difficult for a genuine traveller to find a publisher for" his' books, "So difficult was it to obtain bube lication for a book of fact after food of lying romance had been loosed on the world that I spent 10 months in America trying to publish the story of my ride, They said it wasn't sensational.
In the new journey I: shall not make the' whole journey by horse because I don't want to be away for more than six months. I shall take a car wherever possible, I intend to start in the New Year from Buenos Ayres, travelling by car down to the Rio Negro—the Black River—where there is a remarkable settlement of Welsh people whose ancestors left Wales in 1865 after being persecuted for wanting independence for Wales.
"They still speak Welsh and. fruit farming is their chief occupation."
"Then I intend to ride into Pata-gonia, where there still remain a few of the original Patagonian Indians.
This journey, as the crow flies, is about 2,000 miles, and if I have time I shall return in the same way."
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