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ships the officers and crew under him had suffered ; and I was 
alarmed at the desponding tone of his conversation. He told 
me that the Beagle had been up the western coast as high as 
Cape Tres Montes, in latitude 47°, had surveyed the Gulf of 
Penas and other portions of the coast, particularly Port Henry, 
at Cape Three Points, the entrance of the Gulf of Trinidad, 
and Port Santa Barbara, at the north end of Campana Island. 
During the survey of the Gulf of Penas they had experienced 
very severe weather, both stormy and wet, during which the 
Beagle’s crew were incessantly employed, and had consequently 
suffered greatly. Captain Stokes seemed not to have spared 
himself. He appeared much gratified by my visiting him, 
and before we parted he was for a time restored to his usual 
energy, detailing the circumstances of the voyage, and con- 
versing upon the plan of our future operations with considerable 
animation. 
The return of the Beagle cheered our ship’s company, and 
on the 30th the Adelaide came back, with a large quantity of 
guanaco meat, which had been procured from the Patagonian 
Indians at Peckett’s Harbour. 
When the Adelaide anchored there, about thirty natives 
appeared on the shore. Mr. Tarn landed, and communicated 
our wants, saying that he would give tobacco and knives for as 
much guanaco meat as they could procure ; with them was the 
Fuegian, who seemed to be a leading man, and to have become 
one of the most active of the party. He was the principal spokes- 
man, and upon commencing thehunt he pointed to thesnow upon 
the ground, and called it * bueno’ (good), because it would 
show the traces of the animals, and the direction they had 
taken. Mr.Wickham thus described to me the manner in which 
they hunted : Two men ascended a hill, placed themselves one at 
each end of its summit, and stood motionless for some time, on 
the look-out. As soon as guanacoes were seen, their position 
and movements were communicated, by signs, to the men in 
the valley, who were thus enabled to approach their game un- 
awares. ‘The guanacoes are taken with the bolas, which entangle 
their legs and throw them down. As soon as they are killed, 
