. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. agellanplanted a cross as a signal. This island must almost certainly havebeen one of the Charles Islands, which are full in the fairway of thechannel, and admirably suited for the construction of a cairn or signalto attract the notice of any passing ship. Port Gallant and Port , therefore, most probably correspond to the River of Sardinesand the River of Isles. In the Anuario Hidrographico de Chile, p. 393, Andrews Bay is suggested as the River of Sardines. 1520.] THE PASSAGE OF THE STRAIT
. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. agellanplanted a cross as a signal. This island must almost certainly havebeen one of the Charles Islands, which are full in the fairway of thechannel, and admirably suited for the construction of a cairn or signalto attract the notice of any passing ship. Port Gallant and Port , therefore, most probably correspond to the River of Sardinesand the River of Isles. In the Anuario Hidrographico de Chile, p. 393, Andrews Bay is suggested as the River of Sardines. 1520.] THE PASSAGE OF THE STRAIT. 207 tion, and consisting of nearly level plains. Here theywere, as Herrera tells us, in the most beautiful countryin the world—the strait a gunshot across, separatinghigh sierras covered with perpetual snow, whose lowerslopes were clothed with magnificent trees.^ It was notlong before they met with Serraos ship, the Concepcion,but she was alone. Magellan, suspecting perhaps thatsome accident had happened to the S. Antonio, at oncehailed and demanded news of her. Serrao had none to. POUT FAMINE, STRAITS. give. She had outsailed them almost from the momentof their departure from Cape Yalentyn, and they hadnot seen her since. 1 The extraordinary suddenness of the change in the scenery of thestraits is dwelt upon by Darwin in his Voyage of the Beagle, The distance between Port Famine and Cape Gregory in theSecond Narrows is about sixty miles. At the former place wehave rounded mountains concealed by impervious forests, which aredrenched with the rain brought by an endless succession of gales;while at Cape Gregory there is a clear and bright blue sky over thedry and sterile plains. 208 LIFE OF MAGELLAN. [CHAP. viii. Upon receiving the news, Magellan at once instituteda search. Admiralty Sound, for the exploration of whichthe S. Antonio had been detailed, was examined to itsinmost recesses without result, and the Victoria wasthen despatched northwards with th
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