456 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



BORJA BAY — TILLY BAY — FORTESCUE BAY — ELEGINUS — PORT FAMINE 



SANDY POINT GENTIANA PROSTRATA — ARRIVAL OF A PARTY 



OF PATAGONIANS WAIT FOR THE MAIL - STEAMER FROM 



VALPARAISO, WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR RETURN TO THE 



WESTWARD, AND MEET A SCHOONER WITH THE SHIPWRECKED 



PASSENGERS OF THE "SANTIAGO" RECEIVE THEM ON BOARD, 



AND CONVEY THEM TO MONTE VIDEO EXCURSIONS AT 



MONTE VIDEO LEAVE MONTE VIDEO TO RETURN TO THE 



STRAIT REVISIT THE GALLEGOS RIVER, AND FIND SOME 



FOSSIL BONES REACH THE STRAIT RIDE TO FRESHWATER 



BAY — PUMA CUB — PORT CHURRUCA PORT TAMAR — MAYNE 



HARBOUR CURIOUS HABIT OF HUMBLE-BEE ISTHMUS BAY 



OTTER ISLANDS REMARKABLE SPONGES AN OTTER -HUNT 



MOUNT BURNEY GOODS BAY SHOLL BAY FORTESCUE BAY 



— GUNNERA LOBATA — WOOD's BAY — RETURN TO SANDY POINT, 

 AND RECEIVE THE NEWS OF OUR RECALL TO ENGLAND. 



On the morning of the 1st of January 1869, leaving two of the 

 officers to execute the survey of Port Gallant and Fortescue 

 Bay, we moved westwards along the Strait, examining the 

 coast on either side, and after having narrowly escaped 

 grounding on a bank off the entrance of the Batchelor river, 

 we anchored in the evening in Borja Bay, on the north side 

 of Crooked Eeach, and Dr. Campbell and I landed and spent 

 a couple of hours rambling about. Here, as in most localities 

 visited by us, we came across several wigwams, as well as the 

 remains of a bark canoe. The marine animal life appeared to 

 be rather more varied than is generally the case in the western 

 part of the Strait, and we obtained a variety of Molluscs, 



