THE KELP. 



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TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 



of so much as an inch. A few taken together are sufficiently 

 strong to support the weight of the large loose stones to 



CHRISTMAS HARBOR, KKRGUKLEX LAND. 



which, ill the inland channels, they grow attached ; and yet 

 some of these stones were so heavy that, when drawn to the 

 surface, they could scarcely be lifted into a boat by one. per- 



