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journey from the anchorage at Berkley Sounds 

 without the slightest knowledge of the way back 

 overland— except that a gaucho, who accompa- 

 nied the expedition, professed to know some- 

 thing about it, which; in the end, proved a vain 

 reliance. 



At a temperature below freezing, without 

 cloaks, or means of making a fire, without pro- 

 visions or guns, the mere thought of three days* 

 suffering was sufficiently dreadful; but worse 

 was to come. They had a compass, on which 

 they naturally depended for showing the direc- 

 tion they were to pursue ; but the extraordinary 

 shape of the island rendered this of no assistance 

 to them. It is best described by likening it to 

 a star-fish, with its numerous pointed prongs, 



* Vide map of the Falklands. 



