DARWIN ON THE FUEGIANS AND PATAGONIANS. 745 



away. These Fuegians are a very different race from the stunt- 

 ed, miserable wretches farther westward ; and they seem closely 

 allied to the famous Patagonians of the Strait of Magellan. Their 



only garment consists of a mantle made of guanaco- 

 skin, with the wool outside ; this they wear just 

 thrown over their shoulders, leaving their persons 

 as often exposed as covered. Their skin is of a dirty 

 coppery-red color. 



The old man had a fillet of white feathers tied 

 round his head, which partly confined his black, 

 coarse, and entangled hair. His face was crossed by 

 two broad transverse bars : one, painted bright red, 

 reached from ear to ear and included the upper lip ; 

 the other, white like chalk, extended above and par- 

 allel to the first, so that even his eyelids were thus 

 colored. The other two men were ornamented by 

 streaks of black powder made of charcoal. The 

 party altogether closely resembled the devils which 

 come on the stage in plays like Der Freischiitz. 



Their very attitudes were abject, 

 and the expression of their coun- 

 tenances distrustful, surprised, and 

 startled. After we had presented 

 them with some scarlet cloth, which 

 they immediately tied round their 

 necks, they became good friends. 

 This was shown by the old man 

 patting our breasts, and making a 

 chuckling kind of noise, as people 

 do when feeding chickens. I walked 

 with the old man, and this demon- 

 stration of friendship was repeated 

 several times ; it was concluded by three hard slaps, which were 

 given me on the breast and back at the same time. He then bared 

 his bosom for me to return the compliment, which being done, he 

 seemed highly pleased. The language of these people, according 



Fig. 1. Fcegian Basket and Bone 

 Weapons. 



