As to this one, you would find it again, not between the Cordilleras of the west and the high chain of the Andes, but beyond the mountains, over all that eastern part of the continent which extends as far as the Atlantic." "Must we then clear the Andes range ?" Dick Sand asked, quickly.
"No, my young friend, no," replied the American, smiling.

"So I said: You _would_ find it again, and not: You _will_ find it again.

Be reassured, we shall not leave this plateau, the greatest elevations of which do not exceed fifteen hundred feet.

Ah! if it had been necessary to cross the Cordilleras with only the means of transport at our disposal, I should never have drawn you into such an undertaking." "In fact," replied Dick Sand, "it would be better to ascend or descend the coast." "Oh! a hundred times!" replied Harris.

"But the Farm of San Felice is situated on this side of the Cordilleras.