Sight-seeing in South America . gentina. On Tierra delFuego are raised great flocks of sheep. As we were sailing through the straits the waters for along distance were alive with schools of fish called tor-nena. They reminded one of the dolphin or porpoise,except that they are white with big black spots on theirheads and tails. They swim near the surface of thewater and leap the waves occasionally. A strong current of about seven miles an hour runsthrough the straits. The tide on the Pacific is about^even feet and on the Atlantic about fifteen feet, con-sequently there are many cross currents
Sight-seeing in South America . gentina. On Tierra delFuego are raised great flocks of sheep. As we were sailing through the straits the waters for along distance were alive with schools of fish called tor-nena. They reminded one of the dolphin or porpoise,except that they are white with big black spots on theirheads and tails. They swim near the surface of thewater and leap the waves occasionally. A strong current of about seven miles an hour runsthrough the straits. The tide on the Pacific is about^even feet and on the Atlantic about fifteen feet, con-sequently there are many cross currents that take a heavytoll of steamships. We saw three wrecked ships. Onewas half sunk, while the other two looked as if they hadpoked their noses into the sandy beach and were waitingto be pulled out by tugs. They did not appear dam-aged, although they had been abandoned. On account of shifting winds and cross currents, sail-ing ships seldom enter the straits. They still go aroundtempestuous Cape Horn, several hundred miles farther. JU/ (,,./,. .N. n,, A (iigaiitic (ilacier in Beagle Channel 168 Sight-Sceing in South America south. It took Magellan and his little lleet thirty-eightdays to pass through the straits that a steamship can nowtraverse in a day. Magellan found the straits so violentthat when he reached the quieter western ocean he gave itits present name of Pacific. Magellans ship, the Vit-
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