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GUIDE OF THE DESERT

by

GUSTAVE AIMARD

And Edited by Percy B. St. John







London
John and Robert Maxwell
Milton House, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street
and
35, St. Bride Street, Ludgate Circus.


(From the Collected Works 1863-1885)




CONTENTS

      I.  A PRISONER.
     II.  THE GAUCHO.
    III.  THE RANCHO.
     IV.  THE FAZENDA DO RIO D'OURO.
      V.  O SERTAO.
     VI.  TAROU NIOM.
    VII.  THE MARQUIS DE CASTELMELHOR.
   VIII.  A NOBLE BANDIT.
     IX.  THROUGH THE DESERT.
      X.  THE GUAYCURUS.
     XI.  A STRATEGIC ASSAULT.
    XII.  THE PAYAGOA VILLAGE.
   XIII.  THE CHASE.
    XIV.  DISASTER.
