Chapter III

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From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

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From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading The _Primero de Mayo_ is a boat of 650 tons.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

anew

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

plural of “aire” — a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a quantity of money

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

put into a proper or systematic order

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading The _Primero de Mayo_ is a boat of 650 tons.

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From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

goods carried by a large vehicle

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “colonist” — a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

plural of “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

in a polite manner

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

any of various platforms built into a vessel

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

past form of “embark” — go on board

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

make void or empty of contents

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

presently existing

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “fox” — alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “gaucho” — a cowboy of the South American pampas

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “generation” — all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

wild llama

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds

From this reading SOUTHWARD HO!

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The _Primero de Mayo_ is a boat of 650 tons.

an established line of travel or access

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

an event that causes someone to die

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

an intermediate platform in a staircase

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the act of departing

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

egg yolks and oil and vinegar

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

the force of workers available

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “mirage” — an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

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From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

plural of “ostrich” — a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

cause to suffer a blight

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

large American feline resembling a lion

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

the act of searching for something

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the underside of footwear or a golf club

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

toward the south

From this reading SOUTHWARD HO!

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

in or at that place or location

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a large number or amount

From this reading The _Primero de Mayo_ is a boat of 650 tons.

plural of “transport” — something that serves as a means of transportation

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

the act of going from one place to another

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

a source of difficulty

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

a native or resident of Wales

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading We arrived at Buenos Aires early in September 1900, and on the 10th we embarked again on board the _Primero de Mayo_, one of the transports of the Argentine Government, by which my companions and myself had courteously been granted passages to Patagonia.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

in the company of; together with

From this reading We carried an extraordinary amount of deck cargo, for there were a good many passengers on board, as these transports offered the sole means existing at that time[1] of communication by sea with Argentine Patagonia.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.

plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading Leaving England -- Start -- _Primero de Mayo_ -- Port Belgrano -- Welsh colonists -- Story of Mafeking -- First sight of Patagonia -- Golfo Nuevo -- Port Madryn -- Landing -- Trelew -- A pocket Wales -- Difficulties of early colonists -- Other Welsh settlements -- Older and younger generations -- Welsh youths and Argentine maidens -- Language difficulty will arrange itself -- A plague of "lords" -- Lord Reed -- Trouble of following a lord -- Itinerary -- Travelling in Patagonia -- Few men, many horses -- Pack-horses -- Start for Bahia Camerones -- Foxes, ostriches, cavy -- On the pampas -- Guanaco -- First guanaco -- _Maté_ -- Dogs -- Farms -- Indians -- Landscape -- Mirages -- Vast empty land -- _Cañadones_ -- _Estancia_ Lochiel -- Seeking for puma -- Killing guanacos -- Many pumas killed during winter months--Gauchos.