430 REFUGE COVE. 



the entrance may be recognized by Kersop Peak, 

 which rises over the south part, and from its lying 

 between Cape Wellington and Horn Point,* and 

 also from its being the first sandy beach that opens 

 north of the former. 



Such of us as had been in Tierra del Fueg^o were 

 particularly struck with the resemblance of the 

 scenery in Refuge Cove ; the smooth quiet sand 

 beaches, and dense forests reaching the waters 

 edge, the mist-capped hills, and the gusts that 

 swept down the valleys and roared through the 

 rigging, forcibly recalled to our recollection that 

 region of storms. 



We found a whaling establishment in the south- 

 east corner, t and the houses for the boats and their 

 crews formed quite a little village. The person in 

 charge, with one or two others, remains during the 

 summer. These people had a novel safe-guard against 

 the attacks of the natives : — a horrible looking 

 figure, dressed so as to represent the evil spirit, of 

 which the Australian aborigines are so much afraid, 

 was placed in a conspicuous place ; but whether it 

 would have had the desired effect was not proved, 



* This projection has two pointed[humraocks on it resembling 

 horns . 



t Our observations made this spot in lat. 39^' 02' .30 " S., and 

 long. 4° 44' 45" W. of Sydney. High water on the full and 

 change of the moon, takes place at 12h. 5m. when the tide rises 

 eight feet ; a mile in the offing the northern and ebb stream, 

 which runs from one to two knots, begins at llh. 40m. Past 

 the south end of the promontory the same stream sweeps round 

 from the westward, sometimes at the rate of two knots and a half. 



