. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. I'OUMATIiiN or MAOKLLANS STItAIT. 4\n. Till' \;in'n\vs llillc Tile SimImiT lllWV lMlfili>ll Williwjiws Di- Ivi' SiiriiiicNtd llr the Fue<,nan arehipela^^'o, protrudi; their bold t'ntnts into its ), as if with tin.' intention of elosin^^ it alto^'ether; and countless bays and havt'iis are scooped int(j its rocky shores, as if the sea in a thousand ditferent places had striven to open a new passa<;e to her wate
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe . Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. I'OUMATIiiN or MAOKLLANS STItAIT. 4\n. Till' \;in'n\vs llillc Tile SimImiT lllWV lMlfili>ll Williwjiws Di- Ivi' SiiriiiicNtd llr the Fue<,nan arehipela^^'o, protrudi; their bold t'ntnts into its ), as if with tin.' intention of elosin^^ it alto^'ether; and countless bays and havt'iis are scooped int(j its rocky shores, as if the sea in a thousand ditferent places had striven to open a new passa<;e to her waters. The western entrance of this rcMuarkable strait is formed by Queen Catherine's (C'aite Vir^nns) and I'oint Duni^eness, the latter havin<,' been thus named from its re- semblance to the well-known Kentish promontory at the eastern mouth of the channel. Although it rises at most nine feet above low-water mark, the snow-white breakers which the tides are constantly dashinj,' over its sides render it visible from a great distance. It is generally the resort of a number of sea-lions. When the wind comes blowing from the north-east, the passing mariner—who, from the shallow nature of the shore, is obliged to keep at some distance from the Ness—hears their hoarse bellowing, which harmonises well with the wild and desolate character of the scene. Albatrosses and petrels hover about them, while rows of grave-looking penguins seem to contemplate their doings with philosophic inditference. Beyond these promontories, the strait widens into Pos- session Bay, which at Punta Delgada and Cape (Jrange con- tracts to a narrow passage. This leads into a wide basin to which the Spaniards have given the name of Saint Philip's Bay, and which again terminates in a second narrcnv passage or channel, a formation reseniltling on a small scale the Sea of Marmora, which, as we all know, has likewise ihe semblance of a lake, receivinj' and dischargin: its waters through the Dardanelles
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