A Drinking Place on an _Estancia_ 54 Branding Calves on an _Estancia_ 60 A Group of Gauchos 64 The Chamber of Deputies 74 The Kindergarten at Mendoza 78 Ox-Carts in the Argentine 90 A Typical Argentine Public Park 100 A Regatta near Buenos Aires 110 A Fine Argentine Bridge 114 Breaking-in Horses in the Argentine 120 Interior of Dining Car, Central Argentine Railway 134 The Statue of Christ on the Argentina-Chili Frontier 148 Plaza Constitution Station at Buenos Aires 150 The Rosario Express, Central Argentine Railway 156 On the Way to Market in Cordoba 162 The Ninth Green at Alta Gracia 166 In the Courtyard of the Monastery at Alta Gracia 166 The Hotel at Alta Gracia 170 A Typical House in Cordoba Province 174 A Street in Bahia Blanca 176 The Elevators at Ingeniero White 180 Plaza Riverdavia, Bahia Blanca 182 A Bahia Blanca Bank 184 The Town Hall at Bahia Blanca 184 Conveying Alfalfa to a Railway Station 194 The Entrance to the Park at Mendoza 200 The Promenade in Mendoza Park 202 The Grape Harvest in the Suburbs of Mendoza 204 In a Mendoza Bodega 208 "Chico" in Charge 212 A Corner of the English Club at Mendoza 212 The Hotel at Inca 218 The Inca Bridge in the Andes 220 General View of an _Estancia_ 224 A Gaucho and his Family 226 La Rambla, Mar Del Plata 234 The Esplanade, Mar Del Plata 238 A Historic Building: "Casa Independencia," at Tucuman 250 The Statue of San Martin at Tucuman 256 The Longest Girder Bridge in the Republic, near Santa Fé 266 THE AMAZING ARGENTINE CHAPTER I THE INVADERS It was on a boat which was laden with bananas and running from Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, to New York.