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the sailors of civilized nations, as many manufactured arti- 

 cles, which they could have obtained in no other way, were 

 found in their possession, and the report of fire-arms did not 

 intimidate them in the least. The hair on the tops of their 

 heads was cut short, and their faces were painted with a 

 kind of clay, like red ochre. They were particularly well 

 pleased with a looking glass and a string of glass beads 

 which were shown them. Although they attached great 

 value to their bows and arrows, they were willing to ex- 

 change them for a piece of iron hoop or a few rusty nails. 



From Good Success Bay the Relief continued her course 

 towards Orange Harbor. On the way, she touched at New 

 Island ; no natives were seen here, but there were indications 

 of their having recently been on the island. On the 30th of 

 January, Captain Long cast anchor in Nassau Bay, and sub- 

 sequently entered Orange Harbor. Immediately after he got 

 his anchor down in the hay, a native canoe came alongside, 

 — in which were three men, one woman, and a child. Two 

 of the men came on board without hesitation. They were 

 found to differ in many respects from those seen at Good 

 Success Bay. They did not speak the same language; they 

 were not so tall in stature, nor so well-proportioned ; and 

 they were far more filthy and disgusting in their appearance. 



(5.) Orange Harbor is decidedly the safest, and the most 

 spacious and convenient of all the harbors on the Fuegian 

 coast. Captain Cook anchored and refitted here previous to 

 his Antarctic cruise, as did also Captains King and Fitzroy 

 while engaged in their expeditions. It is surrounded by lofty 

 hills, intersected with numerous small inlets or coves, in 

 which boats can enter and obtain wood and water, which are 

 both abundant and of excellent quality. 



Shortly after the arrival of the squadron at Orange Har- 

 bor, they were visited by the natives, — a most abject, ill— 

 shapen, and miserable race of beings. On one occasion, a 

 party consisting of five men and one woman, — the latter old 

 and ugly, but as strong and muscular as those of the other 

 sex, — approached one of the vessels in a frail and leaky 



