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their upstanding tails they made the best of their oppor- 

 tunity. — I had never before seen those birds so near 

 and so had plenty of time to admire their red breasts, black 

 beady eyes and quaint movements. 



After a while they disappeared in the tangle and after 

 I had waited a little longer listening to the mysterious 

 whisperings of the virgin forest with all its secrets, I found 

 my way back to the beach and to the boat that was to 

 take me again to the ship. 



I found that the ship would pass the night in slight 

 harbour and would leave the following morning. 



This came to pass as soon as it was daylight and we 

 again entered the narrow passages between forestclad hills 

 as the day before. 



As we circumvened Tres Montes Peninsula and got out 

 towards the Ocean a most wonderful sight awaited me. 



The sky was blue and the atmosphere as clear as glass 

 and standing out against the clear blue sky was the most 

 magnificent panorama of mighty snoivmountains intercepted 

 by glaciers, that man could see. 



They extended to the Sovith and were the southern range 

 of the Cordilleras. 



In front of these snowmountains were mighty ranges 

 of rocks-forming like an enormous wall that descended 

 into the sea. 



Conspicuous amongst the glaciers was the tremendous 

 „loftij glacier'\ which like a veritable sea of ice descended 

 with one mighty sweep into the Ocean. 



The captain of the „Chiloë" who had done this voyage 

 many and many times told me that he had never seen 

 anything like the sight we had to day, as the sky is 

 hardly ever clear for any lenght of time. 



Before getting clear of the bay we passed a small forest- 

 grown island with a sandy beach and here sunning them- 

 selves were a number oï Sealions {Otaria juhata) who quietly 

 let us pass. 



In the Pacific we were met by numerous Albatrosses^ 

 a good many Black Petrels, Majaqimis aequinodialis and 



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