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The agent told me that their new boat the "Chiloë" 

 would probably leave the second day and so I engaged a 

 cabin for that journey. 



The "Chiloë" and the "Magallanes" are twin steamers 

 built for Brown and Blanehard about two years ago for 

 the service between Punta Arenas and Valparaiso. 



As the object is to put into as many ports as possible 

 on the Smith Channel, the Chonos Archipelago and the isle 

 of Chiloë, this conveyance is not meant for people who 

 are in a hurry, but is just the thing wanted for people 

 who, like me, want to see the country. 



The whole journey from Punta Arenas to Coronel in 

 Chili took me about ten days, whilst it would have taken 

 + 5 with a large steamer which goes outside through the 

 Pacific. 



The „Chiloë" was supposed to leave Punta Arenas at 

 two in the afternoon, after at first 10 in the morning had 

 been mentioned, but in reality it was 6'/2 in the evening 

 before we left the harbour. It was Thursday evening before 

 Easter. 



Next morning we were just in time to be able to admire 

 again the two heautiful glaciers which I had seen coming 

 to Punta Arenas and besides the usual birds I again met 

 a splendid Ossifraga gigantea which followed the ship for 

 some time. 



It was about one o'clock if I rightly remember when 

 we got to the entrance of the Smith Channel which we 

 were to follow untill we got to the Gtd f of Pen-as {southern 

 latitude 4772). 



The weather was glorious, a brilliant sunshine with a 

 fresh breeze. 



As soon as we got into the entrance of the Channel we 

 entered a world, full of the wonders of creation of which 

 no words can give a feeble idea. It is a succession of 

 forest clad hills, snowy mountains, bare rocks and glaciers 

 all most fantastically shaped and set off to perfection by 

 the intricate seapassages. 



The channel itself is sometimes narrow so that every bush 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, A^'ol XKX.'V. 



