Show HE OF I 1 I 1 4 04 M t GLACIERS GLACIER 5 IN THE straits ILD ind and Nond wonderful erful is the scenery in the straits of 11 i W gellan which chich separate pua pita gonia ft om U ferra del aruego but comparato com parati el few noi id tran travelers alers ever eier get to that remote part of 0 the in the boston globe an drew ild gaies tins this description of the Na waterway terNay and its shores starting on a cruise from the file eng settlement at the chief tov town n of the rali falkland dand islands and after being tossed about at sea we ne sighted the cliffs of tierra del aruego As we ine went along the scenery was exceed ing lovely from the open sea and stormy 1 winds it was aas a pleasnt plea sant ant change to be comparatively at lest on near ing the land and to look on the quick 13 1 changing chi h nging beauties of natures nature s p pino ino rama like a transformation scene not to be surpassed fancy a small mall vessel ilono alone in a region little known with a landscape of rugged grandeur eran deur all around ip preaching what appears in the di dis tance to be a chaos of wild all and lofty mountains mountain with no apparent outlet or indeed termination on ascending to the masthead one could see the channel getting nar rower and our onward passage stopped apparently by a low range of hills in the foreground at the back jagged peaks and huge mountains mountain in all their solemn but barren sublimity on oil the left was nas kaarin island ind in some rome parts high but not 0 so o lofty as it seemed in the di distance tance on the other side was nas also high land bit b it at its base were mere several islands and ia a ter passages leading by b various gorges to the magellan straits we now approached the narrows which are between clay chills they form the entrance to the beagle chan nel so named from the ship othos captain discovered discover Ld it and the tide aich before had been gentle now be gan to increase in swiftness the pas sage through which chich ve ie vere nere sailing and which had been nearly straight began to develop more curves and the depth of decreased wo we had bad a gentle breeze as N we e glided swiftly Rift ly past the nar narrows roNs and many alwy vt v w f w vv A y w 7 A 4 tr I 1 t 44 4 q w i jaimi jM imi A y w sim I 1 1 t TT 5 fc P 5 c r no w 01 P f fifty I 1 4 24 4 I 1 EL A a C bisba is 2 2 flifle az 2 21 2 1121 a H N a 13 fi 2 S 2 a 12 a 11 11 V ete 2 3 2 PUNTA arr NAS islets all equally pretty penguins and other birds were acre seen in imm immense cile numbers armourd us A little longer and a fresh bend in the file channel dickered dico di ered new benitich beniti cs as different dif terent from what we ne had just seen as POR possible sible it reminded one ot of a lapid transition from the plains of lombardy to the gigantic peaks of the rocky rock mountains in beagle channel but it is almost impo impossible s 1 I ble to do justice to the siccle searie the deflect of the suns rass as they glanced on the alie sno capped mountains beford us as we quickly shot hot b the last pi ejection projection of the arrows and entered the huge natural cinal which forms the beagle channel was nas magnificent glancing at the clay cla cliffs in our rear the pas sag aage 0 S seemed e amed to hane hae shut in fit behind beland us and left us no outlet sine far ahead in all these bold ant and lonely places there was a mysterious quiet which gane gae the scenery around a truly trul alpine look lofty mountains nere on vic and tho those thoe e bounding our sight ahead NN were ere quite bare and of a conical shape A lery iery imagination could easily convert some of the cupola shaped mountains in front of us at the ex e trema nerge erge of our vie ve into so many cathedrals niall their lotti lofty those on our right vere destitute of verdure in miny mally places like the bald spots on a man mans a head but N dutli ith vegetation lego tation around such spots on our left vere ere the Ce drington mountains moun tiina on island dark frowning masses with inith singular peaks something like sugar doai loaces es and the scene N as din cr sifted by the bronn bron summits of other mounta inh peeping up tree free from the perpetual ino their loer parts clothed niall a mantle of green by this time ve nis had glimpses of the natives covering the rocks and beach closely oRely I Nat matching ching us they vere casally naked wild and bhagav look ing with nith long spears in their hands their canoes on both sides of ua hot allot out from sheltered corners and tried to us still shouting v ith th all their might but our speed was N ls too great for them to get up to us for they only started from the shore as ne e cime came abreast of thlin them at no great distance ahead liy lay a group of small islands Js land around which ve ne would haf hac to turn to enter the opening leading to maolla ool ln surrounded by mountains still keeping on our an ay NN e reached reache d the south arm of the beagle channel gigantic and lofty mountains seemed to form the portals to a nen nei passage cape mitchell nell was aas rounded swiftly ly ind there appeared high dark cliffs and what seemed all but lar mountains toi cring upward to the sky gly their gloomy surface diversified in a pleasing manner by silvery cas cades trickling doln from nast ast heights height and with loeb wooded patches interspersed ni with ith s sivan ivan coes and othea pretty Na agarics garies of nature in fit ravines and cliffs and arches it was N as a ni wild ild and superb gorge ono one could haie hae stopped and gazed at the varied aried scene tel foi hours but it rapidly passed from our mew as ve neared the murray murr ii nar narrows rois A little farther on the nien mew became mccame more confined lour four islets lay ahead of us its one of them being button isle on oil our oblique right appeared appe ired the bleik bleak and rough mountains of hoste island and on our left the dign preci apices of kaarin this lassige through beagle chan nel I 1 bane bae been describing was discovered in 18 1830 0 by captain fitzroy at that time little mas knoon of these distant portions of the globe while stationary in button sound not far from wool a maich is a land locked bay ba nith ith toi towering ering clifus in irregular peaks all round the scene was diversified b by the natives who flocked cocked around swarming att si arming and gesticulating the most remarkable traits in a Ilie ruegean gians s countenance are extremely et remely small eyes which are sunken black and restless the nose adais narrow between the enes ees hollow in profile outline or almost flat the mouth coarsely formed the hair black and lank it does not fall off nor does I 1 it t graj grai till file are nein en old they would have hae a straggling beird beard but scrupulously pull out enedy hall hail A 1 ath at 1 t tweezers eyzers made ot of mussel shells 1 their I 1 i 1 chins nary ian much thit that of a is smaller and less prominent than th that ot of in in whom they thes are luge and ver er projecting the average height ot of i I 1 is a little over live teet feet his arms and legs begs ure are less sinew j than those of an american most ilot of them are rather bow box bowlegged legged and turn their feet a little inward in Nal walking king they liae have a cus CUR boin of sitting long on their heels which strains their lne pint jint so much thit that when straightened there are considerable sid erable folds or ii wrinkles above aid ai J below belon it il natives sometimes cannibals they weir ar a small fillet round the file head u usually balin composed it if sinews of birda in ill th fit s they the sometimes slik sti 1 feathers fei or any trash then their ti color it is red denoting or intentions intention red pint mide nith ocher is profusely used the add chite to the red nhen preparing 1 re paring for war but black tor for mourning after the death or of a friend or relation thov blacken them themselves seles with nith charcoal char coil mixed with oil any sort of clay is used it if their is scarce to pre present serc rither thin than as ab an improvement to their appearance app earince they are often sub eject to i i scarcity of food ind and gladly cat anything ni thing that comes to hand en even ell their relatives principally the old women i binen thea flie ahe on oil sels birds fish anil and par sheliah she linh li elble ible fungus eggs lie cie their only idea of a s beindit Is thit that of a satanic character chir acter they make greit great at the death of a relative latie re pulling their hair beating their breasts etc cic ahe are ru BU and feir fear a big man in fit tin I 1 cods A spelt of evil aiho lie is certain to anoa ol oi cry word nord or action their marnice maii iier nf t 1 of their dead when nhen thea do not eat cit then the n I 1 li to place them under i r branches and baves virse |