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Cruise of the ''Alert:' 



VOCABULARY OF FUEGIAN WORDS. 



We anchored at Port Gallant for three days in the latter end 

 of January, and while we were there a bark canoe came alongside. 

 It was of the kind which King describes as peculiar to the tribe 

 inhabiting the western part of the Magellan Straits, and to whom 

 he assigned the name " Pecherai," from their habit of frequently 

 using that word. The canoe was much smaller and lighter than 

 the plank canoes of the western channels, and was propelled 

 entirely by paddles instead of oars. Two old women, who sat in 



