Outing . THE BOAT IN WHICH MR. FURLONG CRUISED THROUGH BEAGLE GREAT LENGTH AND NARROW BEAM UNFITTED IT FOR ROUGH SEA. indeed made crude and distorted bodieswhich otherwise would be well-propor-tioned and comely. But these same ele-ments have also quickened their powersof observation, made them cunning, cau-tiously fearless and treacherous. It is often most difficult to locate theseFuegians. But there was none betterable to do this than Beban, the lonetrader of these parts. The chances weregood for finding some of them on theshores of Rio Douglas, where a lone mis-sionary was enscon
Outing . THE BOAT IN WHICH MR. FURLONG CRUISED THROUGH BEAGLE GREAT LENGTH AND NARROW BEAM UNFITTED IT FOR ROUGH SEA. indeed made crude and distorted bodieswhich otherwise would be well-propor-tioned and comely. But these same ele-ments have also quickened their powersof observation, made them cunning, cau-tiously fearless and treacherous. It is often most difficult to locate theseFuegians. But there was none betterable to do this than Beban, the lonetrader of these parts. The chances weregood for finding some of them on theshores of Rio Douglas, where a lone mis-sionary was ensconced, and so, two daysafter leaving Ushuwaia, we droppedanchor in the mouth of Douglas , after setting the whole camp ina turmoil with his aqua diente, shookme with his horny hand and sailed awayfor Picton Island. The Yahgans herewere, some forty all told, feeding liter-ally, rather than figuratively, on thebread of life from the missionarys scantsupply of stores. My work consisted in studying the
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