Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-23
THE eusY TOWN oe puNrA ARENAS


A Fen pirturc % the Most southern
Town Of the American Continent.
We reached Punta Arenas in the night,
snchored, and slept happily until dayhrafAk'
when we blew the steam whistle 60 warn
the inhabitants Of our presence Atiensth
the captain 81 the port came on board, and
We were az liberty 20 20 ashore; hut the
landing was difficult and dangerous; owing
70 the roughuess Of the water and the
primitiveucss of the moles we had 20 be
hoisted ont OF the ships boat with ropes
The town doe not offer much 20 interest
the visitor. In the hay are two coal hulks,
an American schooner at anchor, several
small coastng schooncrs used Tor seal FISH
ing and local service and "a CHILEAN survey
steamer.
TO the north of the town is government
denot with half "A dozen buoys lying on tho
sandy shore and looking from p distance
like gigantic spinning tops. still further
e. the north Is an old lighthouse tower
osirfed rod and vhitr which WAS used by
tho German astronomical mission at tH1
time of thr last Dasssce OF Venus. Beyond
The lighthouse the land becomes fsi and
street.-the, owns iuto che water, forninrH LONG
SANDY spit with "a con'c7l beacon ou thgpN
trcfro point Ucrcr the maine or the sctt.
mont Sandy Point Tho town is oI vou
recent ORIGIN. huJ So has grown rapidly 0nH
nov hasa population q. g22sNUl~ Che whole
Tc--ita-ia q. Nsroll0nr- hsving pa nopu'H
tior %. q OSS. o.. whom Hhou. No0r. t'-'ian
c-s of vH-irT, u0tiN00'ires the chio r7n.
tvlfsts ~. business people heing German
or English
w,. house. n-c s1l1lF huil. %. 'NsH. tN.
h.-4. %. trrr hariut. r'--ur0re. '~rH roofs
Mos. o.. tha nuNAurs 0re painted white
some hsv. walls pm. roofs %. Oh. ~rN.
6>ar -cG rniN- tNo ~oo'~ are o.. course
snqrnN pointed go throw. OIL fh. rain. 'h.
general aspect or thin,- there Pes now 70a
PHOSPHORUS THE principal business houses
n-. Gc-0,au purr. Arenas 2, free No-.
arl rhD c-a'I -rr'er for sup0lrint 'N,
shcar rt-m, nrr various Settlements on
rhf 1nN7litr Island, o.. the T'c--i BE. Pine
50 lroup southern pntsconiH Hnc Che
FsIlIarl ISLANDS Tn thesr 7iiuE md ~
nt-crtly fuNosnit,ihlr REGIONS che l,-sat ir
dusfa. b. sheer hj-miup There s sl50
much gold duer ir she r.vor, sne tor-er5s
srg silver arE cos mines o IhD nei1t nor
ha,d hut lirhc-tC thgy have moi hesl
worked vfLi ,ncrpss
II IS ,r-a71, d. uafs Uhst are shepherds
Nh, CORE o. is ArausS S. bay 5000,
ana ur,vISl,-s o.Jsa 5,sr .a sai1 61Si- % llc-
thcv gather su lhe ss-esus> 1eAr "a o;cs iaeii
fockS arr fov-3suE sans and fur form q
second important industry, seal aud Sc
offers abound IN the various channels be
tween the islands Of Terra del FuegO and OF
the strait Of MAGELLAN, and three times a
year the patSCouiau Indians ride into Pun
ia Arenas to sell the produce OF their hunt
/ ing excursions. namely, puma, ostrich, qua
uacu and silver fox skins. The CNpOrta
/ ton OF furs il an important business herr
and the port, standing rs 1t does in tn,
/ regular steamer track. Is destined 10 great
or and greater prosperity,
When we returned ON board we fouu,
two Danish fur dealers displaying thci
stock Of merchandise and eudoayoring &
do business with the passengers. Tn
skins were spread out over the hatcl {
on the aft deCk-oStrich, guanscC
seal. otter puma, fox - looking sot
and warm, and intcrspersed with FEY
: Indian curiusiues> such as bows, Al
, rows. spears, lassos, she'll work, spun
models Of bark canoes and the tcrrihl
boias. which the pataguuiaus and tibet
. pupils the Argentine gauchos, use to hun
, the ostrich. The Osiris landed our ma
bag aud "A dozen sacks of potatoes, an
took on board aquantityof ostrich feather
T To be delivered I'm llavre, and then pre-
/ ccoded on her way.-Theodore Child /
p Harper's,