308 NATUKAL HISTOEY OF 



CHAPTEE X. 



LEAVE SANDY POINT FOR THE WESTWARD BOTANY OF PLAYA 



PAEDA COVE — SHOLL BAY — CHANNEL INDIANS — WET WEATHER 



OTTER ISLANDS — GRAMMITIS AUSTRALIS GLACIERS — ICE AT 



THE ENTRANCE OF EYRE SOUND EDEN HARBOUR SMALL FROG 



PODOCARPUS LEPIDOTH AMNUS MITRARI A HALT BAY 



WEINMANNIA LOMATIA ENTER THE GULF OF PENAS BAD 



WEATHER CAPTURE OF ALBATROSSES REACH SAN CARLOS 



VEGETATION ; CITHAREXYLON ; FUCHSIAS ; ESCALLONIAS ; 



MYRTLES— HUMMING-BIRDS OYSTERS — FERNS LIZARDS BIRDS 



LORANTHUS FOXGLOVE VISIT THE TOWN OF ANCUD 



CHILIAN NETTLE SCISSOR-BILL — CONCHOLEPAS PORCELLANA 



BAD WEATHER MARINE ANIMALS — EGG OF CALLORHYNCHUS. 



Our work to the north-eastward of Sandy Point was now 

 concluded ; and as, owing to the amount of sounding necessi- 

 tated at the eastern entrance of the Strait, our stock of fuel 

 was running low, Captain Mayne determined on proceeding 

 northwards by easy stages to the island of Chiloe, on the 

 west coast of the continent, whither a vessel had been 

 appointed to meet us with the necessary supplies in the 

 beginning of April. Accordingly, between four and five p.m. on 

 the 9th of March, we bid farewell to the settlement for the 

 season, and proceeded south-westwards as far as Port Famine, 

 where we anchored for the night, in the hope of procuring 

 sights next day ; but on the morning of the 10th, although 

 it was fair, the sky was covered with a dull gray mantle, 

 which held out no hopes of the sun being able to break 



