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CHAPTER XIL 



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Adventure sails from Rio de Janeiro to the River Plata — 

 Gorriti — Maldonado — Extraordinary Pampero — Beagle's 

 losses — Ganges arrives — another Pampero — Go up the 

 river for water — Gale, and consequent detention — Sail 

 from Montevideo — part from Consorts — Port Desire 

 — Tower Rock — Skeletons — Sea Bear Bay — Fire — 

 Guanacoes — Port Desire Inlet — Indian graves — Vessels 

 separate — Captain Foster — Chanticleer — Cape Horn — 

 Kater Peak — Sail from St. Martin Cove — Tribute to 

 Captain Foster — Valparaiso — Santiago- Pinto Heights — 

 Chiloe— Aldunate 189 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Beagle and Adelaide anchor in Possession Bay — ^Beagle 

 passes the First Narrovr — Fogs — Pecket Harbour — Ade- 

 laide arrives with Guanaco meat — Portuguese Seamen — 

 Peculiar Hght — Party missing — Return — Proceed towards 

 Port Famine — Fuegians — Lieut. Skyring — Adelaide sails 

 to survey Magdalen and Barbara Channels — Views — Lyell 

 Sound — Kempe Harbour — Cascade Bay — San Pedro 

 Sound — Port Gallant — Diet — Rain — Awnings — Boat 

 cruise — Warning — Jerome Channel — Blanket bags — 

 Otway Water — Frequent rain — Difficulty in lighting fires 212 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Place for a Settlement — Frost — Boats in danger — Narrow 

 escape — Sudden change — Beagle Hills — Fuegian Painting 

 Tides — Medicine — Water warmer than the air — Jerome 

 Channel — Mr. Stokes returns to the Beagle — Cape Quod 

 — Snov^y Sound — Whale Sound — Choiseul Bay — Return 

 to the Beagle — Adelaide returns — Plan of operations — 

 Difficulties removed — Preparations — Wear and tear of 

 clothing — Ascend the Mountain de la Cruz — Sail from 

 Port GaUant — Tides — Borja Bay — Cape Quod — Gulf of 

 Xaultegua — Frost and snow — Meet Adelaide — Part — 

 Enter Pacific — Arrive at Chiloe 230 



