Patagonia
the name applied to that extreme portion of South America which is bounded E. by the Atlantic, W. by the Pacific, S. by the Strait of Magellan, and N. by the Rio Negro. Since 1881 this large territory has been, by Since treaty, divided between Chile and the Argentine Republic, so that the portion W. of the Andes (63,000 square miles) belongs now to the former (called Magal- PATENT sources in the Andes. The Patagonians six feet in height, with black hair, thick lips, and skin of a dark brown color. merous tribes, whose chief occupation is in hunting and cattle breeding. The merous tribes, whose chief occupation is country was first discovered by Magellan in 1520. in the Nepal province; 64 miles N. W.