CHAPTER V. 
CONTENTS. 
PASSAGE TO RIO NEGRO— ARRIVAL THERE — GUACHOS — EXCURSION OF THE NATU- 
RALISTS—SALT AND SALT LAKES— GOVERNMENT AND POPULATION— PRODUCTIONS — 
TARIFF— INDIANS— WANT OF ENTERPRISE— DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY— RIVER AND 
TIDES — CLIMATE — VEGETATION —TRADE — HARBOUR — SQUADRON DRIVEN TO SEA — 
DANGERS IN SURVEYING — CONVICT SETTLEMENT — COMMUNICATION WITH BUENOS 
AYRES — DEPARTURE FROM RIO NEGRO — STATEN LAND — STRAITS OF LE MAIRE — 
APPEARANCE OF TERRA DEL FUEGO— ITS HARBOUR— PARHELION— MIRAGE— MEETING 
WITH THE RELIEF— HER DEPARTURE FROM RIO— CURRENT— RIO PLATA— CAPE RAZA— 
CAPE ST. JOSEPH-CAPE THREE POINTS— DREDGING— BELLACO ROCKS— CAPE ST. DIEGO 
— GOOD SUCCESS BAY — CAPTAIN KING'S SAILING DIRECTIONS — NATIVES - INTER- 
COURSE WITH THEM— BOTANY— GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION— NEW ISLAND— ITS POSITION 
—ARRIVAL AT ORANGE HARBOUR— EMPLOYMENTS. 
