CHAP. X.] FAREWELL VISIT TO WOOLLYA. 229 
country, and had taken farewell by an act of consummate vil- 
lainy ; he persuaded Jemmy and his mother to come with him, 
and then on the way deserted them by night, stealing every 
article of their property. 
Jemmy went to sleep on shore, and in the morning returned, 
and remained on board till the ship got under weigh, which 
frightened his wife, who continued crying violently till he got 
into his canoe. He returned loaded with valuable property. 
Every soul on board was heartily sorry to shake hands with him 
for the last time. Ido not now doubt that he will be as happy 
as, perhaps happier than, if he had never left his own country. 
Every one must sincerely hope that Captain Fitz Roy’s noble 
hope may be fulfilled, of being rewarded for the many generous 
sacrifices which he made for these Fuegians, by some ship- 
wrecked sailor being protected by the descendants of Jemmy 
Button and his tribe! When Jemmy reached the shore, he 
lighted a signal fire, and the smoke curled up, bidding us a last 
and long farewell, as the ship stood on her course into the open 
sea. 
The perfect equality among the individuals composing the 
Fuegian tribes, must for a long time retard their civilization. 
As we see those animals, whose instinct compels them to live in 
society and obey a chief, are most capable of improvement, so is 
it with the races of mankind. Whether we look at it as a cause 
or a consequence, the more civilized always have the most arti- 
ficial governments. For instance, the inhabitants of Otaheite, 
who, when first discovered, were governed by hereditary kings, 
had arrived at a far higher prade than another branch of the 
same people, the New Zealanders,—who, although henefited by 
being compelled to turn'their attention to agriculture, were re- 
publicans in the most absolute sense. In Tierra del Fuego, 
until some chief shall arise with power sufficient to secure any 
acquired advantage, such as the domesticated animals, it seems 
scarcely possible that the political state of the country can be 
that when in the western part of the Strait of Magellan, he was astonished by 
a native woman coming on board, who could talk some English. Without 
doubt this was Fuegia Basket. She lived (I fear the term probably bears a 
double interpretation) some days on board. 
