„There is high enjoyment in the independence of the Gaucho life, to be able at any moment to pull up your horse and say “Here we will pass the night”. The death-like stillness of the plain, the dogs keeping watch, the gipsy group of Gauchos making their beds around the fire, has left in my mind a strongly marked picture of this first night, which will not soon be forgotten.“
– The Voyage of Beagle - Charles Darwin
