CHAPTER XXIV. 



1872 : ^T. 65. 



Picnic in Shell Bay. Fuegians. Smythe's Channel. 

 Comparison of Glacial Features with those of the Strait of 

 Magellan. Ancud. Port of San Pedro. Bay of Con- 

 cepcion. Three Weeks in Talcahuana. Collections. 

 Geology. Land Journey to Santiago. Scenes along 

 the Road. Report on Glacial Features to Mr. Peirce. 

 Arrival at Santiago. Election as Foreign Associate of 

 the Institute of France. Valparaiso. The Galapagos. 

 Geological and Zoological Features. Arrival at San 

 Francisco. 



THE next day forces were divided. The ves- 

 sel put out into the Strait again for sounding 

 and dredging, while Agassiz, with a smaller 

 party, landed in Sholl Bay. Here, after hav- 

 ing made a fire and pitched a tent in which 

 to deposit wraps, provisions etc., the company 

 dispersed in various directions along the shore, 

 geologizing, botanizing, and collecting. Ag- 

 assiz was especially engaged in studying the 

 structure of the beach itself. He found that 

 the ridge of the beach was formed by a gla- 

 cial moraine, while accumulations of boulders, 

 banked up in morainic ridges, concentric with 



