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CHAPTER XL 



LEAVE SAN CARLOS — OSCURO COVE — TRICUSPIDARIA — MUSSELS AND 



HUGE BARNACLES — PORT SAN PEDRO PORT OTWAY — COLUMNEA 



AND OTHER PLANTS — CHIASOGNATHUS — OTTER — WHITE EGRET — 



FISH MOLLUSC^ — ECHINODERMS CROSS THE GULF OF PENAS 



AND ENTER THE MESSIER CHANNEL ISLAND HARBOUR LARGE 



HELIX HALT BAY BARKING BIRD PINGUICULA ANTARCTICA 



EDEN HARBOUR CHANNEL INDIANS COLEOPTERA RAINY 



WEATHER HOSKYN COVE TALL FERNS TURKEY-BUZZARD 



RETURN TO ISLAND HARBOUR — ASCEND A MOUNTAIN CAMPSI- 



DIUM CHILENSE GALE REACH CHILOE TENOUN HUITE 



SMALL OPOSSUM FROG FUNGUS — -CINCLODES PATAGONICUS 



SCISSOR-BILL RARA NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING WRECl^^ED 



LOTA LAPAGERIA EUXENIA BOLDU MARINE ANIMALS 



COAL-MINE TALCAHUANO — EXCURSION TO CONCEPCION. 



The 12th of April was a bright, clear, cold day, and in the 

 morning we made a fresh start, hoping for better luck this 

 time, as Captain Mayne had decided on this occasion to pro- 

 ceed southwards between Chiloe and the mainland, a course 

 which possessed the great advantage of enabling us to make 

 a portion of the voyage in smooth water. Passing through 

 the Chacao Narrows, on the steep sandstone cliffs of which 

 the great leaves of the Gunnera Chilensis formed a conspicuous 

 object, we entered the Gulf of Ancud, and steamed slowly 

 southwards along the east coast of Chiloe. The scenery, 

 alike of the foreground and of the distance, was extremely 

 pretty as viewed in the bright sunlight, there being a great 

 variety of colouring in the foliage of the shrubs and trees. 



