Note 81 — ORIGINALIDAD Y CARACTERES ARGENTINOS El Rastreador—El Baquiano—El Gaucho Malo—El Cantor Domingo F. Sarmiento

una atmósfera cargada de electricidad. “On a second night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the masthead and yard arm ends shone with St. Elmo’s light; and the form of the vane could almost be traced, as if it had been rubbed with phosphorus. The sea was so highly luminous that the tracks of the penguins were marked by a fiery wake, and the darkness of the sky was momentarily illuminated by the most vivid lightning.”—Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, describing the entrance to the estuary of the Plata.