IN THE PACIFIC. V) 



islands, and many hundred head of wild cattle, 

 horses, sheep, and goats, are to be found thereon, 

 and wild pigs and rabbits abound on the smaller 

 ones. Wild fowl of every description are to be 

 met with in countless thousands, in fact it is a 

 regular sportsman's paradise ; the great draw- 

 back to the place is the amount of wind which 

 always prevails, gales springing up every day 

 and lasting till sunset. In the immediate 

 vicinity of Port Stanley game is scarce, from 

 being continually disturbed, but at a distance 

 from the settlement no less than four different 

 sorts of geese are to be found, besides duck of 

 many kinds, widgeon, teal, snipe, swans, plover, 

 penguins, and every description of gulls and 

 sea fowl. 



There are also some guanacoes on one part of 

 the island. A couple were originally introduced 

 by Captain Packe, and the herd at the time of 

 our visit numbered some thirty or forty. 



The governor, Lieut. -Colon el D'Arcy, having 

 intimated to me his wish to visit some of the 

 distant parts of his dominions, the " Reindeer" 



