. 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. >mm PORT FAMINE, MAGELLAN. ing themselves with knives, forks, and spoons : nothing was somuch relished as sugar. This tribe has had so much com-munication with sealers and whalers, that most of the men canspeak a little English and Spanish ; and they are half civilised,and proportionally demoralised. The next morning a large party went on shore, to barter forskins and ostrich-feathers ; firearms being refused, toba
. 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. >mm PORT FAMINE, MAGELLAN. ing themselves with knives, forks, and spoons : nothing was somuch relished as sugar. This tribe has had so much com-munication with sealers and whalers, that most of the men canspeak a little English and Spanish ; and they are half civilised,and proportionally demoralised. The next morning a large party went on shore, to barter forskins and ostrich-feathers ; firearms being refused, tobacco wasin greatest request, far more so than axes or tools. The wholepopulation of the toldos, men, women, and children, were arrangedon a bank. It was an amusing scene, and it was impossible not to xi PORT FAMINE 247 like the so-called giants, they were so thoroughly good-humouredand unsuspecting ; they asked us to come again. They seem tolike to have Europeans to live with them ; and old Maria, animportant woman in the tribe, once begged Mr. Low to leave anyone of his sailors with them. They spend the greater part of theyear here ; but in summer they hunt along the foot
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