Book excerpt: Excerpt from South America and the Pacific, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising a Journey Across the Pampas and the Andes; From Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, Lima, and Panama; With Remarks Upon the IsthmusAnd one of these, had it come in contact with our horses' legs, must have produced a most deplorable result.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.