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After a few not very restful dozes he wakened again, and 
talked. Said he was warm and very comfortable, and at 
12.30 a.m. he sat up quite suddenly, and quite peacefully 
passed away. 
Journey from Murray Narrows. 
July J5, Monday. The schooner ‘Renalto’ which was to 
have taken us as passengers came in at daybreak as expected. 
After some rather desperate thinking decided to take the 
Professor back to Magallanes in the schooner for medical 
inspection, instead of having Doctor from Ushuaia and 
burial on the Island as suggested. At mid-day I went with 
a Spanish sailor in a small cutter to Rio Douglas, Navarino, 
to collect belongings and the scattered Museum Collection. 
Returned in late afternoon to Murray Narrows accompanied 
by Sehor Claud Williams who together with his brother and 
the Indians (the Yaghan Clements had returned that morn¬ 
ing) helped with the necessary preparations for the journey. 
July i6 y Tuesday. Left Murray Narrows, Isle Hoste, at 
9 a.m. in the ‘Renalto’, Captain, three crew, and Sefior Ken 
Williams, who very kindly accompanied me to Magallanes. 
Heavy rain and hail squalls. All day going along the Beagle 
Channel, and entered the North-West Arm and anchored 
just inside Puerto Olio for the night. 
July Wednesday. Sailed at daybreak. Passed through 
the North-West Arm into Pomroy Channel. Bumped into 
small iceberg off the Great Romanche Glaciers. Heavy snow 
squalls, lost our way for a time and eventually forced to 
anchor. When the weather cleared, we saw smoke and lights 
from a wigwam, of Indians who were otter hunting on the 
north-west point of Jordon Island, which divides the Beagle 
into the North-West and SouthAVest Arm. Crossed Whale¬ 
boat Sound and anchored in a quiet sheltered cove called 
Burnt Anchorage. The cry of the paddleduck and the rather 
