^\QLLA5T0^" ISLAND, TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 



CHAPTER XI 



Strait nf AfagcUan — Port Famine — Ascent of Jlount Tarn — Forests — Edible fungus 

 — Zocilogy — Great Seaweed — Leave Tierra del Fuego — Climate — Fruit-trees 

 and productions of the southern coasts — Height of snow-line on the Cordillera 

 — Descent of glaciers to the sea — Icebergs formed — Transportal of boulders — 

 Climate and productions of the Antarctic Islands — Preservation of frozen car- 

 casses — Recapitulation. 



STRAIT OF ilAGELLAX. CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS 



Ix the end of May 1S34 we entered for the second time the 

 eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan. The countr\- on both 

 sides of this part of the Strait consists of nearly le\'el plains, like 

 those of Patagonia. Cape Negro, a little within the second 

 Narrows, ma\' be considered as the point where the land begins 

 to assume the marked features of Tierra del Fuego. On the 

 cast coast, south of the Strait, broken park-like sceneiA- in a like 

 manner connects these two countries, which are opposed to each 

 other in almost evcr>- feature. It is trul\- surprising to find in a 

 space of twenty miles such a change in the landscape. If we 

 take a rather greater distance, as between Port Famine and 



