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TIERRA DEL FUEGO 
CHAP, 
dropped our anchor in forty-seven fathoms, fire 
flashing from the windlass as the chain rushed 
round it. How delightful was that still night, after 
having been so long involved in the din of the 
warring elements ! 
January I 5 th, 1833.—The Beagle anchored 
in Goeree Roads. Captain Fitz Roy having 
resolved to settle the Fuegians, according to their 
wishes, in Ponsonby Sound, four boats were 
equipped to carry them there through the Beagle 
Channel. This channel, which was discovered by 
Captain Fitz Roy during the last voyage, is a 
most remarkable feature in the geography of this, 
or indeed of any other country : it may be com¬ 
pared to the valley of Loch Ness in Scotland, 
with its chain of lakes and friths. It is about 
one hundred and twenty miles long, with an 
average breadth, not subject to 
any very great variation, of about 
two miles; and is throughout the 
greater part so perfectly straight, 
that the view, bounded on each 
side by a line of mountains, 
gradually becomes indistinct in 
the long distance. It crosses 
the southern part of Tierra del 
Fuego in an east and west line, 
and in the middle is joined at 
right angles on the south side 
by an irregular channel, which has been called Ponsonby Sound. 
This is the residence of Jemmy Button’s tribe and family. 
igth. —Three whale-boats and the yawl, with a party of 
FUEGIAN BASKET AND BONE WEAPONS. 
