WOLLASTON ISLAND, TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 
CHAPTER XI 
Strait of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent of Mount Tarn—Forests—Edible fungus 
—Zoology—Great Seaweed—Leave Tierra del Fuego—Climate—Fruit-trees 
and productions of the southern coasts—Height of snow-line on the Cordillera 
■—Descent of glaciers to the sea—Icebergs formed—Transportal of boulders— 
Climate and productions of the Antarctic Islands—Preservation of frozen car¬ 
casses—Recapitulation. 
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN.-CLIMATE OF TFIE SOUTHERN COASTS 
In the end of May 1834 we entered for the second time the 
eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan. The country on both 
sides of this part of the Strait consists of nearly level plains, like 
those of Patagonia. Cape Negro, a little within the second 
Narrows, may be considered as the point where the land begins 
to assume the marked features of Tierra del Fuego. On the 
east coast, south of the Strait, broken park-like scenery in a like 
manner connects these two countries, which are opposed to each 
other in almost every feature. It is truly surprising to find in a 
space of twenty miles such a change in the landscape. If we 
take a rather greater distance, as between Port Famine and 
