. 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. BERKELEY SOUND, FALKLAND YORK MINSTER, BEARING S. 66 E. CHAPTER X Tierra del Fuego, first arrival—Good Success Bay—An account of the Fuegians onboard—Interview with the savages—Scenery of the forests—Cape Horn-—Wig-wam Cove—Miserable condition of the savages-—Famines-—Cannibals —Matricide—Religious feelings—Great gale—Beagle Channel—Ponsonby Sound—Build wigwams and settle the Fuegians—Bifurcation of the Beag
. 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. BERKELEY SOUND, FALKLAND YORK MINSTER, BEARING S. 66 E. CHAPTER X Tierra del Fuego, first arrival—Good Success Bay—An account of the Fuegians onboard—Interview with the savages—Scenery of the forests—Cape Horn-—Wig-wam Cove—Miserable condition of the savages-—Famines-—Cannibals —Matricide—Religious feelings—Great gale—Beagle Channel—Ponsonby Sound—Build wigwams and settle the Fuegians—Bifurcation of the Beagle Channel—Glaciers—Return to the ship—Second visit in the Ship to the Settlement—Equality of condition amongst the natives. TIERRA DEL FUEGO December \*]tJiy 1832.—Having now finished with Patagoniaand the Falkland Islands, I will describe our first arrival inTierra del Fuego. A little after noon we doubled Cape , and entered the famous Strait of Le Maire. We keptclose to the Fuegian shore, but the outline of the rugged, inhos-pitable Staten-land was visible amidst the clouds. In the after-noon we anchored in the Bay of Good Success. While enteringwe were
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