CHAPTER XXIV. 



1872 : ^T. 65. 



Picnic in Sholl Bay. — Fuegians. — Smythe's Channel. — 

 Comparison of Glacial Features with those of the Strait of 

 Magellan. — Ancud. — Port of San Pedro. — Bay of Con- 

 cepcion. — Three Weeks in Talcahuana. — Collections. — 

 Geology. — Land Journey to Santiago. — Scenes along 

 the Road. — Report on Glacial Features to Mr. Peirce. — 

 Arrival at Santiago. — Election as Foreign Associate of 

 the Institute of France. — Valparaiso. — The Galapagos. 

 — Geological and Zoological Features. — Arrival at San 

 Francisco. 



The next day forces were divided. The ves- 

 sel put out into the Strait again for sounding 

 and dredging, while Agassiz, with a smaller 

 party, landed in Sholl Bay. Here, after hav- 

 ing made a fire and pitched a tent in which 

 to deposit wraps, provisions etc., the company 

 dispersed in various directions along the shore, 

 geologizing, botanizing, and collecting. Ag- 

 assiz was especially engaged in studying the 

 structure of the beach itself. He found that 

 the ridge of the beach was formed by a gla- 

 cial moraine, while accumulations of boulders, 

 banked up in morainic ridges, concentric with 



