Weary of her life in English society, during 1878-1879 Dixie travelled with her husband, two of her brothers and Julius Beerbohm in Patagonia in South America.
A hotel at Puerto Natales in the Chilean part of Patagonia is named the Hotel Lady Florence Dixie in her honour..
Lady Dixie sent Darwin a copy of Across Patagonia
Darwin\'s copy of this book is part of the Library of Charles Darwin located in the Rare Books Room of Cambridge University Library.
Lady Dixie also shared her observations of Patagonia with Charles Darwin.
On her return to England, Dixie wrote her book Across Patagonia, which discussed Dixie\'s observations of the country and its inhabitants.
On one occasion, while riding on the prairie, her party was overtaken by a huge prairie fire, and her horse bolted with her.
There, she hunted big game and ate it with gusto.
Weary of her life in English society, during 1878-1879 Dixie travelled with her husband, two of her brothers and Julius Beerbohm in Patagonia in South America
