Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-06-16

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feet The hiIl. and mountains On
the shore Of this passage have an
average height greater thar those of
the Straits. This part of our voyage
excelled everything we had yet seen,
in grandeur and beauty. 1t winds in
such manner that we seemed to be
during nearly the whole route in q
lovely lake. You find yourself in a
beautiful broad basin of blue water,
surrounded by mountains and dotted
with little isles-perfcct little Edens
of shrubs and flowers. You look
north and south-you can see no
opening, but as you advance the
walls recede. The fair Miss j.
says the waters opened to the
Israelites, but the mountains to the
Yankee women.
Puerto Bueno was our first harbor
after leaving the Straits. Only a
poet could do justice to the glory
and beauty of the scene as l stood
upon the hurricane.deck and looked
upon the shadows of the bills in the
still waters, across which the moon
had woven q bridge of light. Tues
day, the 9Th, differed only in an
increasing mildness of temperature
from the preceding day. We were
on deck nearly the whole day; in
fact, it is our custom to live ont of
doors. The second night we passed
in Eden harbor. No one could
deny the appropriateness of the
name. Some gentlemen went on
shore and added the charm of great
bonfire to the scene. Our California
friend was among these. Next
morning 1 heard a little lady assur-
ing him that she had been in a state
of great terror, lest the Patigonians
should find him of 80 agreeable a
flavor that they would forget to
extend the courtesy Of a slice to his
fellow passengers.
Wednesday, the 7th, we arose at
an cary hour, that we might not
loose the sunrise in so lovely region.
We were approaching the narrowest
part of the passage, and wished to
witness its thridding. When we
remember the shoals laid down upon
the chart, whose existence we should
never suspect, and our friend Mr..
IT, account of the cannibalism Of the
Patagonians, we were about to
tremble. The captains unclouded
face, as he turned his eye moment
from the PROV of the vessel, reas-
sured US. For myself, I co nfcss to
sharing the measureless faith in the
captain, with one exception. He had
informed mo that the absence of the
ordinary hirsute appendage "on the
ton of bis head" was referable to a
sudden gale encountered in 2
previous voyage. Naturally skeptical
/ found this too much for my belief, ,
but / remembered the astronomer in
Rasselas, and decided that there il
undoubtedly q minute region in even
the best developed minds. in which
the subjective becomes objective.
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