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5 ft. lo in. to 6 ft., the tallest man measured by him being 6 ft. 7 in. 

 At an earlier date than either of these a Jesuit named Falkner, 

 being in Patagonia, mentions a cacique some inches over 7 ft. 



In 1783 the traveller Viedma penetrated into the interior 

 and discovered one link of the long chain of lakes lying under 

 the Andes, which still bears his name. He gave the people 

 an average of 6 ft. of stature. Some fifty years after this 

 H.M.S. Beagle, with Darwin on board, touched at many points 

 of the coast, and short trips inland were undertaken. Darwin's 

 journals give the first detailed account of the country. He 

 agrees with Captain Fitzroy in describing the Patagonians as the 

 tallest of all peoples. 



During the years 1869-70, Captain George Chaworth Musters, 



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