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WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW. 



TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 



keener senses common to all men in a savage state, as com- 

 pared with those long civilized? 



The inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, living chiefly upon 

 shell-fish, are obliged constantly to change their place of resi- 

 dence; but they return at intervals to the same spots, as is 



AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. 



evident from the piles of old shells, which must often amount 

 to many tons in weight. These heaps can be recognized at 

 a long distance by the bright green color of certain plants 

 which always grow on them. Among these are the wild 

 celery and scurvy-grass, two very serviceable plants, the use 

 of which has not been discovered by the natives. The Fue- 

 gian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a hay-cock. 



