The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-01 00:00:00

PATAGONIA.

Extract of a Letter
,front Bahia de Dodos-Sontes,
Patagonia, dated August 1, 1818.
" It is now twelve mdnths since I had the iii
luck to be wrecked on this wild coast. The loss
of out provisions, stores, and fourteen °tour best
men, has been -a had drawback on our concern, or
we should have made a good. season ; however,
ith the means that were left us, we contrived to
do a little; if possible, to bring up a part of one
leeway ; but for the last five months our only
occupation has been honting, tO• provide our-
.selves with food. We have good'horses and ex-.
cellent dogs; our chase is deer and bares which.
the country` abounds. There isa great variety of
wild fowl here; ostriches by dozens, close to AIS
and particularly ducks and geese are swarming la
the creeks;- but untortunately our fire-arms were
lost in the vessel. Beasts of prey are.very nnme-
rbus, particularly the lion ; they are smaller and
fierce than those of Africa. The tigers are net
where larger'or more furious ; fortunately they are
not so.ahnlidant as the former. Wild horses and
horned cattle are by thousands in theie vast
plains ; Ilia they are not killed for their hick's
and tallow, af. is the case near Buenos Ayre:a ;
only for the immediate it,e of the hooter.--
The Patagonians are, ‘vithout exceptiou, the finest
race of Men in the world ; frequentlyyou mleet,Witia
them eight feet and upwards, but not in' the,
least- awkward with their great height ; extremely
well proportioned ; very handsome features, witn
great activity ; they-are suppmfed the best horse-
menin the world. The Spaniards, by introduesi
ing 'horses into South America, have made 'Tar-
tars of all the Indian Tribes; their customs are
the same ; they live the same wandering life ; and,
like ttem, They live on horse-flesh, which they
prefer 'fb all "Other. The women "are some, of
them very qatltißome, and have fegond clew) of
the Engliih' 'feature ; all Nations have their
particular 'way of adorning, or rather disfiguring
theMselves ; the prevailing fashion among the
Patagonian belles is to paint the whole face, from.
the upper lip upwards; black or red ; for my part,
1 should prefer these charmers with undressed
faces, and say—' when unadorned adorned the
most.' The business we are carrying on, staid
have been for some years, is the sea elephant and
fur seal fishery ; but these articles do not always
answer the London market ; we find it more ad-
vantageous to send our return cargoes lo
reign markets ; and even Ckiaa pays better than
London!"

DREADFUL CATASTROPHE AT POPLAR.—Yester-
day afternbon an Inquest was held at the sign of
the Black Horse, High-street, Poplar, before:
JOHN WRIGHT IJNWIN, Esq., Coroner, on the
body of William Haywood, a welr-digger, who
was killed in the dreadful accident at Poplar.—
Veidict, " Accidental Death."
Late in the evening of Tuesday last, sa a poor
woman, who travels the ecunt ry as a pedlar, was
passing over Herne-Common, on her road for.
Canterbnry,she was suddenly taken in lahourovhca
she was delivered of a fine child, but for the waut
of assistance the poor woman was obliged to lay
on the ground the whole night, and the child pe-
rished from the severity of the weittip'r. Ira tlie
Morning she made her way, in a completely ex-
hausted state, to Herne-street, with her dead
child wrapt in a piece of old sacking, which she
happened to have by her,at the time, and was
taken into the poor-house, where she immediately
received every comfort.

'BIRTH. •
On .Thursday, the Mst Deefulbtr, at Clay Hill, Enfield,
the Lady of Edward Harnan; Esq. of a sun and heir.

MARRIED.
On the 31st ult. Thomas Prior, Esq. of the Bth Hussars,
and nephew to Viscount Frankfort De MOntroorency, to
Elizabeth Catherine; youngest daughter of William Augus-
tus Skynner, Esq. of Moore-hall, fleas..