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seen from the Siberian Headlands.* This 

 farther land has never yet been trodden by 

 civilized Man ; and if he ever does reach it, 

 he will thus probably find it occupied by 

 men who may have forgotten how and 

 whence their fathers came. 



And now let us pass to the other ex- 

 tremity of the great Continent of America — 

 to Cape Horn, and to the Island off it, which 

 projects its desolate rocks into one of the 

 most inhospitable climates in the world. The 

 inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego are perhaps 

 the most degraded among the races of man- 

 kind. How could they be otherwise ? " Their 

 country," says Mr. Darwin, " is a broken 



* See letter in the Times of December 30, 1867, from 

 Captain Sherarcl Osborne. 



