. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . vigorous attack, in which he inflicted, with a pkcid BmilB, afatal wound on his opponent. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, a large archipelago at thesouthern extremity of South America, from which it iaseparated by Magellan Strait, at the Narrows and otherpoints scarcely a mile wide. The group lies between52° 40 and 55° 59 S. lat. and 63° 30 and 74° 35>W. long,stretching nearly in a line with the Patagonian Andes forover 400 miles north-west and south-east, between CapesPillar and Horn,-and for about 270 miles west
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . vigorous attack, in which he inflicted, with a pkcid BmilB, afatal wound on his opponent. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, a large archipelago at thesouthern extremity of South America, from which it iaseparated by Magellan Strait, at the Narrows and otherpoints scarcely a mile wide. The group lies between52° 40 and 55° 59 S. lat. and 63° 30 and 74° 35>W. long,stretching nearly in a line with the Patagonian Andes forover 400 miles north-west and south-east, between CapesPillar and Horn,-and for about 270 miles west and eastfrom Cape Pillar to Cape Espiritu Santo (Catherine Pomt)in the north; southwards it tapers to 120 miles betweenCapes Hornand St Diego, the latter being continued cast-wards to Staten Island, which is not usually included inthe group. Although on ordinary maps this region pre-Btata to the eve R hopelessly confused aggregate of islands, 384 TIERRA DEL FQEGO channels, and fjord-like inlets, &s if if had been submergedBufficiantly to convert its deep valleys and gorges into. T|ERRA DEL? FUECO ^ Fue^iui * ^^ . ^ c-. ^r^b Map of Tieira del Fuego. marine passages, bays, and bights, it is nevertheless clearlydisposed in three main sections, which may be convenientlynamed East, West, and South Fuegia. East Fuegia consists of the single island of South Land (eastern Tierra del Fuego), which isvery much larger than- all the rest of the group together,Tseing considerably over 200. miles long from north tosouth. It obviously forms a southern extension of theiPatagonian pampas, which it greatly resembles in its phy-sical constitution, climate, flora, and fauna. The low-Jying, flat or slightly rolling plains are covered with a richgrowth of tall herbage, which is frequented by the rhea,^anaco, and other animals common to the adjoining main-land, and also peopled by a branch of the same Tehuelche(Patagonian) family. In the south a long peninsula pro-ject
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