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abounding in very heavy showers, so that a large amount of 

 exploratory work was accomplished, and in the evening we 

 crossed over to Playa Parda Cove, and there anchored. On 

 the 29th we got under way early, and, leaving a couple of 

 boats to survey the cove, passed westwards along the Pata- 

 gonian coast for some miles, and then crossed to the Fuegian 

 side, and entered a small harbour, Port Angosto, found the 

 day before, anchoring for some hours to make a plan of it. 

 Dr. Campbell and I took advantage of this circumstance, as 

 usual, to land, and pass some hours on shore in investigation. 

 We found progression extremely fatiguing, owing to the pre- 

 cipitous nature of the ground and the thickness of the trees, 

 but lighted after a time on some open spaces on a long tongue 

 of land, which allowed us to penetrate for some distance. As 

 usual, the trees and shrubs consisted chiefly of Lihocedrus, ever- 

 green beech, Winter' s-bark, Metrosideros, Pernettya mncronata, 

 etc., and I obtained some specimens of the fruit of the last- 

 named shrub, differing remarkably in form from the ordinary 

 condition, the berry being of a conical form instead of rounded 

 and depressed at the apex. I also found a tiny Composite 

 plant, the Lagenophora Commersonii, for the first time, in great 

 abundance, as well as many fine specimens of Clarionma 

 Magellanica and Senecio trifurcatus. We got under way 

 between four and five p.m., and passed eastwards along the coast, 

 crossing over at length to Playa Parda, and there anchoring 

 soon after seven p.m. We found a party of Canoe Indians en- 

 camped at the entrance of the cove, and learned that they had 

 visited the party left behind, but had given them no trouble. 

 On the morning of the 30th we left Playa Parda, and 

 after proceeding eastwards for some miles along the coast of 

 the Cordova Peninsula, in the course of which we gained a 

 fine view of the large glacier in Glacier Bay, the colouring 



