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events we see superb snow mountains from this point, 
Mt. Sarmiento, Mt. Darwin, Mt. Buckland; they are 
beautiful even at this distance of some seventy miles. 
In the early part of our voyage I was a little anxious 
lest the many delays, not only before starting but for 
the repair of defects in the ship which we did not dis- 
cover till we were well on our way, would interfere 
with the success of the enterprise and would make 
your father so anxious, too, that he would not have 
any benefit from it either for his health or for science 
either. But for the last six weeks the real work has 
begun, and if he had no further successes he would feel 
more than repaid. He is tolerably cautious, but there 
are many days when he works as I have not seen him 
work for years, but he seems to bear it wonderfully 
well. Tell the children we have four live penguins, a 
number of wild geese, two cockatoos and two rabbits 
on board for pets. Many of them are quite tame and 
will eat from our hands; indeed, the “‘bunnies”’ would 
like to sit in my lap and be fed all day if I would let 
them. 
TO MRS. CHARLES P. CURTIS 
Monte Video, February 24 
WE started from Rio in fine feather a week ago, ex- 
pecting nothing in this summer weather but a quick 
pleasant voyage down to Monte Video. We ran straight 
into a “stiff gale.” I wish you had seen my room, 
which looked so pretty when we left Boston, about 
the middle of the second night. All the books had 
leaped out of the shelves and were rolling round on 
