AGAIN IN THE ATLANTIC , 
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strange and unknown creatures, which ages ago roamed 
over hill and dale in these remote regions. On the 
morning of the 20th got under weigh with the flood 
tide, which, with the strong breeze in our favour, took 
us rapidly through the Narrows, the scenery on either 
side showing but little variety until sighting the 
high land near Gregory Bay, which has a very 
picturesque effect, rising near the shore and running 
on for some distance in an easterly direction. 
On the Fuegian side, as far as Cape de Espirito 
Santo, the land was low and uninteresting near the 
coast, but amidst the haze in the distance high, 
bleak, and rugged mountains were observed. 
We had now passed the meridian of Cape Horn, 
and were again in the Atlantic, and notwithstanding 
the squally and uncertain weather during the past 
three weeks, we had been enabled to make a great 
variety of most interesting daily observations in our 
passage through the straits and channels, and to 
obtain many valuable results for the benefit of science 
A few hours later, and we were clear of the straits, 
passing Cape Virgin, a long, low, dark cliff sloping 
down at one end into the sea. 
