AG FUEGIAN NATIVES. Feb. 1827. 
cion of his having stolen something, and a tin pot was found 
concealed under his mantle. As there was every probability of 
their soon separating, and Mr. Graves feared that punishment 
would cause a rupture, he only turned him out of the vessel : 
the rest soon followed him, and landed. Having made a fire, 
the men squatted round it; while the women were despatched 
to collect shell-fish. 
As soon as the Natives had finished their meal, they em- 
barked, and proceeded eastward. Next day they again visited 
the Hope, but in consequence, perhaps, of the occurrence the 
day before, did not venture alongside, until invited by the 
words, ‘ho-say, ho-say,’ which mean, ‘come, come.’ In a few 
minutes confidence was restored, and they began to barter. 
The trade was opened by one of the women making a peace- 
offering of a shell necklace, in return for which, red caps and 
medals were given to each of the women and children. The 
Hope went thence to Soapsuds Cove, where the crew washed 
their clothes, and replaced a broken spar. 
In aS.E. direction from this cove there appeared to be a 
considerable channel leading to the S.E., and to the south- 
- ward was a deep sound, towards which they were proceeding 
the next morning ; but having -advanced about two miles, the 
land of Cape Expectation trended suddenly round to the east- 
ward, and a long narrow channel presented itself, which seemed 
likely to communicate with the Strait, to the southward of Port 
San Antonio. They proceeded through this channel, which 
takes a very straight course, and gradually narrows from Port 
Waterfall, where it is two miles and a half wide, to Passage 
Cove, where it is scarcely three quarters of a mile; and there 
they anchored. 
Between Port Waterfall and Passage Cove, a party of Na- 
tives was seen; but, being probably the same who were met 
at Indian Cove, no attention was paid to their hallooings and 
fires of invitation.* The Hope came into the Strait, east- 
ward of an opening then called Magdalen Sound ; her passage 
* Fires made to attract attention, and invite strangers to land. 
