. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of "Beagle" under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Natural history; Geology; Voyages around the world. I'lOA TfXC 26 r i-'llccl of a severe sliock (and such neciii' licnM nii a IukI)- a i;lacici', alreatl\- in inntiDii, and ti'a\'ersc(l I))' fissures! I ran readily belicxe thai the wduUI lie )' beate-n back nut ft tile deepest channel, and then letniniuL; with an n\ erwhehiiuit;- force, would w
. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of "Beagle" under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Natural history; Geology; Voyages around the world. I'lOA TfXC 26 r i-'llccl of a severe sliock (and such neciii' licnM nii a IukI)- a i;lacici', alreatl\- in inntiDii, and ti'a\'ersc(l I))' fissures! I ran readily belicxe thai the wduUI lie )' beate-n back nut ft tile deepest channel, and then letniniuL; with an n\ erwhehiiuit;- force, would whirl about hu-e masses of rock like so much chaff In Eyre's Sound, in the latitude of I'aris, there arc immense glaciers, ami )'et the loftiest neighbouring mountain is only 6200 feet high. In this Sound, abuut fift>' icebergs were seen at one time floating outwards, and one of them must have been (?/ /(â <«/ 16S feet in total lieight. Some of the icebergs were loaded with block-, of no inconsideraI)le si/i;, of 4' t'' 50 47 00 ULAU[I-K ;.' ijL'LF ur E'ENAS and other rocks, different from the clay-slate of the surrounding mountains. The glacier farthest from the Pole, sur\'c\'cd during the vo)'agcs of the ^'Id'rctitKvc and JitdQ-h-, is in lat. 46 ' 50', in the Gulf of Penas. It is 15 miles long, and in one part 7 broad, and descends to the sea-coast. But c\'cn a few miles northward of this glacier, in the Laginia de San , sr)me Spanish missicinarics " encountered "many icebergs, some great, some small, and others middle-sized," in a narrow arm of the sea, on the 22nd of the month corresponding with our 1 Bulkeley's and (lammnt?. /'nil/i/iil iVarra/^7u- oj llic of tlic [Wvtr. The eartlir|uake hnppened August 25, 1741. 2 AgiiL-rus, Dcsc. I/isi. ,/,: Cliiloc, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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