PREFACE XXXlll 



Mussel (Mytilus magellanicus) and a large Limpet {Patella 

 cenea). A large and handsome Volute [Voluta mageUanicd) is 

 the most striking of all. 



Freshwater and Land species, as might be expected in so 

 unfavourable a climate, are insignificant in number and im- 

 portance : the former are represented by Limnoea and Ghilina ; 

 the latter by Perronia^ Succmea^ and AmpJiidoxa^ all small. 



Earth Worms obtained by me in various parts of the island, 

 have been determined by Mr. F. E. Beddard as Acanthodiiltdce, 

 genus Chilota, known to occm' in Patagonia and South Africa. 



" Whoever you are, come travel with me ! LAST 



Travelling- with me you find what never tires — WUJXUb 



The Earth never tires, 



The Earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, 

 Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, 

 Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well 



enveloped, 

 I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than 

 words can tell.^' 



Quaint simple lines are these of Walt Whitman, yet hoAv 

 profound is the truth they convey ! 



As a wanderer in many lands, I live more and more in 

 distant scenes. It is, then, I find, ever the elemental which 

 constitutes the magnet of attraction, rather than the work of 

 man — the primeval forest or desert or ocean rather than the great 

 city ; the giant tree rather than the imposing building; solitude 

 and silence rather than the stir and hum of the vast community. 



In the many complexities and unrealities of modern civiliza- 

 tion, I seem to have no abiding place. 



Often, and often, am I back in Tierra del Fuego. 



Distance and time are annihilated. All is with me in sense, 

 just as when there : — the exquisitely subdued tone of everything 

 in land and sky and sea; — the soft sunlight resembling bright 

 moonlight rather than the light of day ; — the solemn enduring 



