. The Spanish-American republics . fleshdid not appear in the menu; the wretched animal slaughtered at theentrance of Smyths Channel had been obtruding his memory uponus in various forms twice a day regularly since its decease, and theprevious evening it had appeared in the euphonious form of Schnaut-zen und Pautzen. Happily this was the end of the beast, whose placewas henceforward taken by good beef and Tierra del Fuego mutton,shipped at Punta Arenas. So we went steaming on through cold andscudding rain clouds, in choppy and snarling water, between the lowcoast hills of Patagonia and Tierra
. The Spanish-American republics . fleshdid not appear in the menu; the wretched animal slaughtered at theentrance of Smyths Channel had been obtruding his memory uponus in various forms twice a day regularly since its decease, and theprevious evening it had appeared in the euphonious form of Schnaut-zen und Pautzen. Happily this was the end of the beast, whose placewas henceforward taken by good beef and Tierra del Fuego mutton,shipped at Punta Arenas. So we went steaming on through cold andscudding rain clouds, in choppy and snarling water, between the lowcoast hills of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. As we pass ElizabethIsland, about twenty miles from Punta Arenas, we catch a glimpse ofSarmiento Mountain, distant ninety-six miles, in the southern part ofTierra del Fuego. On reference to the chart, we find that this mount-ain, covered with perpetual snow, 7330 feet high, is the highest pointof Tierra del Fuego. In the same southern section of the island isMount Darwin, 7000 feet high, and many other rugged, snow-clad. MOUNT SARMIENTO, HIGHEST POINT OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO. peaks and glaciers, from 3000 to 4000 feet. All this part of the worldis terribly inhospitable and dangerous, and the English AdmiraltyChart is full of ominous notes and warnings. At Ushuwaia, in theBeagle Channel, latitude 540 49 south, longitude 68° 18 west, says thechart, is an English mission station, which may be used as a place of
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