What a fine picture one can form in one's mind,--the naked, bronze-like figure of the old man with his little boy, riding like a Mazeppa on the white horse, thus leaving far behind him the host of his pursuers! I saw one day a soldier striking fire with a piece of flint, which I immediately recognised as having been a part of the head of an arrow.

He told me it was found near the island of Cholechel, and that they are frequently picked up there.

It was between two and three inches long, and therefore twice as large as those now used in Tierra del Fuego: it was made of opaque cream-coloured flint, but the point and barbs had been intentionally broken off.

It is well known that no Pampas Indians now use bows and arrows.

I believe a small tribe in Banda Oriental must be excepted; but they are widely separated from the Pampas Indians, and border close on those tribes that inhabit the forest, and live on foot.