New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-18

and dressed might CARLY pass for southern
Thew live "a have said largely muscles but also on
hmpes sea urchins chiiSns and their bows and
arrows exhibit more mechanical sklii snah one ,ou
expect from their want of cotnhg' anu 'n0'' WINNIE
THE RECORDS or THE ROCKS
TALcAHuASs Chile. April is-Wheh we 'ei. onoli pay
at noon of the fifth ut we ran up W 'no o''or
and anchored q little before sunset Inc water was
smooth several whales passed us; the mountains Oh
either side still gave the same picturesque
the strait Mt Burpey which is near the otter Islands,
chose to put on hs nghcap, and saw only the snow
6eid near his feet on the 2stn, INC e'eaS'ne
fever engine snsg pIs S;p.s U%'n aS make
short days run to repair We reached Moyn se
Harbor about SHUTDOWN The scenery no1t Of
the voyage The cordlllera Of sarmiento ana eord
era little north Of IT, were Of danaps Of wood
and water and rugged hills lying in the deep SHADOW Of
eS1d Good Fd SS the was s to- rainy for
do much on shore. ON the soth we oa ,ea
There we made collections Of plants and animals ma as
usual and examined the GEOLOGICAL records h az s
rock or Of its position left the record unusually eg6ie
bold mountain wall on ne psen sas by proes
lions Of rock. rounded and polished 70 h ,6a
thew were notably ragged On tho sst Easter Day we
ran up, with fine weather and romanuc; N ra,n
made Il TO find the spot We therefore ay 70
eli et buding bonfire on shore aud simply holding
ON by that.
WHALES AND MISUNDERSTANDING STRANGE CAME
On the LIST of April we started at daylight and sped
ioyousy up the wide channel with weather constantly
improving and the scenery gorousy beautiful Two or
three great whales passed u.s. and Meet OF immature
cebergs floating along, near the entrance 10
Sound. The amateur photographers succeed In getting
better results from the scenery than ever
lovely spot. and yielding ns some very me bd a
botany and zoology dne oros over ANYTHING we
had seen since leaving Port Famine ane the ue eS
ran further Sp mpo1 allied to the yew which would
make @ handsome addition 10 our list OF 9rnainea,a.
On the "a no ws sr zoe 70 O'clock and thus
were only able to reach Conner Cove Inc WY wac stL
beautiful and we caught some very sVO we passed We
anchored in Connor Cove while at dinner anu on sos
deck concluded was too late and too SS S
Gone Some gentlemen discharged their carblnes ana
pistols 20 hear the echoes and one rea nora Sa Tae
bird which he saw swimming near tn9 snV1, M 70 thu
Immediately turned about swan Deliberately up 70 .ne
anu 70 eaten IL in their hands aud pass 4
the Professor on deck IL wounded very slightly.
but like Crockets coOH, had concluded 10 come IN rs
soon as IL was assured the Professor wanted IL. IL
proved to be a rard ars. gigantic peIe ana q nne
specinep The Sd Of April was cloudy ana threatening
but passed out amid mnsnlheent sehe nS th be
Gulf OF PeIas Tie 4th was stormy All uay, anu tne
better. and improving al day, in the afternoon
we sighted the Gnayatecas Islands On e ~. w
beautiful twotpped peak OF Meimoyu ahead OF us We
passed up the Gulf OF Corcoyado aud anchorea IN San
their glorious show continually until their snow Grim
soned in the sunset and then faded in the violet SHADOWS
of advancing night Melimoyu Is fattened uone, sur
mounted by little tips or Haneles is larger mass
with serrated top. Corcoyado Is snbe CONF ~
FOO far north 10 show much that day. These
peaks are from 1900 TO 5000 feet mgn WINE none
more spiouous by being covered with snow and with
found fnafa n
passed from almost antarctic to almost re-
gons Here the forests ran up 70 I ere ADDED
them the robe, skew beech. But most stikihg were
the brilliant leaves and OF M ~ a s an e
branches. could have spont week on tne shoieS Vi
San Pedro. What could do m one briei hodr'
A HARBoR IN CHILL.
On the morning OF the 9TH We returned 10 the Pacific
and making the most of fine weather and fayorng winds
came TO anchor early next afternoon in the harbor OF
San Carlos de Ancud. Here were very glad TO get
fresh provisions cheap for we had begun to tire OF our
ship fare Ancud small town OF 1900 or 5000 people,
raising potatoes, poultry mutton, and peer very
TO other Gillian cities large proportion OF
the inhabitants are ,oS G1ohS o raod material for
State but most OF them had miserable degrahed ana
unhealthy LOOK InS n sads aS gravel bank over
lying great beds OF at the seashore erratc DOW"
ders Of grantC aud poPhe roeTTess npSh aris
In which he has found direct evidence tlat .ne gacla
period to some extent coeVal Win inc Nolcahc pc
rod in other words that the glacial period had not
ended when this specimen of modern yeseuiaT lava
was formed We stood out TO again before sundown
and made all haste the favorable wind and weather
TO make Iota Bay our first available coang station, 80
miles south OF Talcahuano. The elements favored MS
We passed over snoohest and under the fair
est skies and anchored at LOt hour before SHUTDOWN
Wednesday, April lo-rhe next morning we bad cur
coal aboard by O'clock giving US very buef time ny
early rising look the plants and animals near the
coal mine and copper smelling works which conshtute
the lie of this busy Little town. Starting before 10
o'clock we dropped anchor in Talcahuaua harbor at a
=. The replacing of our broken reyersion rod Slu
probably detain us days. which the scientific
mon are preparing digent study OF the natu-
raj history of The region.