. Pacific line guide to South America; containing information to travellers & shippers to ports on the east & west coasts of South America . St. Vincent in the South of Portugal J isreached. From this Cape for some 12 to 15 miles thedirection taken is, owing to a number of shoals and smallislands, very circuitous. Thence to Sandy Point a fairlydirect course is taken. In clear weather, long before SandyPoint is reached, indeed before a vessel gets through theSecond Narrows, the high mountains on Dawson Islands 6o and Mount San Felipe will be seen, forming an apparentbarrier blocking up the pass
. Pacific line guide to South America; containing information to travellers & shippers to ports on the east & west coasts of South America . St. Vincent in the South of Portugal J isreached. From this Cape for some 12 to 15 miles thedirection taken is, owing to a number of shoals and smallislands, very circuitous. Thence to Sandy Point a fairlydirect course is taken. In clear weather, long before SandyPoint is reached, indeed before a vessel gets through theSecond Narrows, the high mountains on Dawson Islands 6o and Mount San Felipe will be seen, forming an apparentbarrier blocking up the passage, and over the latter thesummit of Mount Tarn stands out in bold relief againstthe sky. The view presented by these mountains from theanchorage off Sandy Point is a magnificent one. Afterpassing the Second Narrows, Elizabeth Island, so named bySir Francis Drake, comes into sight. At Cape Negro, about14 miles from Sandy Point, is seen the last Southerly spurof the Cordilleras, which run along the Coast and jointhe main ridge beyond Sandy Point. All these spursare clothed with beech forests and thick underwood ofthe Magnolia Sandy Point (Punta Arenas), which is situated at adistance of about 120 miles from Cape Virgins, and is 6i officially known bv the Chilians, to whom it belongs, as LaColonia de Magellanes, was simply a convict settlement upto the year 1877, when it was disestablished in consequenceof a revolt of the convicts and its great distance from the seatof Government—Santiago. Since 1877 the town has largelydeveloped, and the population (composed of all nationalities)now sums up to about 9,000. Sandy Point may be con-sidered the most Southern town in the world. It has now
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