The Voyage Of The Beagle By Charles Darwin





































































 -   The harbour consists of a fine piece
of water half surrounded by low rounded mountains of clay-
slate, which are - Page 315
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The Harbour Consists Of A Fine Piece Of Water Half Surrounded By Low Rounded Mountains Of Clay- Slate, Which Are Covered To The Water's Edge By One Dense Gloomy Forest.

A single glance at the landscape was sufficient to show me how widely different it was from anything I had ever beheld.

At night it blew a gale of wind, and heavy squalls from the mountains swept past us. It would have been a bad time out at sea, and we, as well as others, may call this Good Success Bay.

In the morning the Captain sent a party to communicate with the Fuegians. When we came within hail, one of the four natives who were present advanced to receive us, and began to shout most vehemently, wishing to direct us where to land. When we were on shore the party looked rather alarmed, but continued talking and making gestures with great rapidity. It was without exception the most curious and interesting spectacle I ever beheld: I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilized man: it is greater than between a wild and domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there is a greater power of improvement. The chief spokesman was old, and appeared to be the head of the family; the three others were powerful young men, about six feet high. The women and children had been sent away. These Fuegians are a very different race from the stunted, miserable wretches farther westward; and they seem closely allied to the famous Patagonians of the Strait of Magellan.

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