The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-22
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Were It SHOWS Ei=iu1 E7uu1y Day aud
EULilEat Ell11 Et E'our o'cioci-
The Patauoniau channels OF which
there are many, are remarira bic alike
in general 1saturas--sone broadening
or5 four or Eve mileE. others narrowing
&c a ships length al OF them have
Sigh, abrupt shores, show ing innumer-
able peaks aud heudlands, whose daElz
and rugged shapes lend an appearauss
OF gloomy grandeur rarely 20 be EecE
elsewhere
Probably the weather has much 90 DO
with the prevailing dreariEszs. FOR tho
sun never shines brightly upon thls- for
bidding corner OF creation where is
1novs or rains every day In the yeEr
and twilight fails at t9hr G.slcClL- IhC
only species Of verdure found SO fax
from the equator are evergreen and
aEtNrtic beeches, and chose are from
the waters edge to a heighth Of sever8l
hundred feet; like a sponge with cGlse-
less moisture. BY and by we come 20
giucicrs-mountaius OF green and blue
Gcs, with crests Ga snow ten httesus
and twenty miles Ia unbrOEen gran
deurs beside which those OF 77itzerlaud
sad Norway dwindEe 20. insignihcaucG-
The highest peak Of this region is
Mount Sarmiento, ia what is known as
Coclzburn Channel, which rears a cone
Of spot-ess snow nearly seven thousand
feGt straight mp from the blue Pacific az
its feet Its beauty is enhanced by
numerous blue-tinted glaciers descend-
ing from its summit-as Darwin, who
once saw it, said 'Lilze q hundred
frozen 2ziagar1s.'' On the coast OF
Southern Chilli, as on that OF Norway,
the fjordH are not only narrow bus very
deep, and the tides run wien restless
force
Before entering the English Narrow O
every vessel slings ont its boats haIE-
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upon rock or rect The entire crew iH
told of for special service In case OF
Uny emergency. A number stand in the
teru prepared TO rig the au1-iflE.ry steer
sag apparatus in the twin cling OF
b eye should that ln customary use
give way. The bsatswain and caEPsn-
- remain at the vyindIass i'm the PROV
5seady to let 90 the anchor at a mo-
taent's notice, In one place this chan
81 Is barely six hundred feet across
t3lth slack water on one side and pow
E-53ul current on the other.
Mcssier Channel Is not much wider,
lsFjth walls of perpendicular rock on
sl5th sides from two thousand 70 three
thousand feet high. Near itz farther
spd IS a huge doms-Ehapsd mountain.
> mass Of solid granite without sign
aE VeEdure, down which cascades
'tcE1Gs some OF them frozen into mini
esare glaciers
Every afternoon, Immediately on
1ming to anchor 90 as 20 make the
t-Iost of the short twilight, the captain
SLOWED his passengers TO go ashore
AlInaelf selecting the best landing
Glaces. Sailors were detailed to take
care OF the pickuicISers to build huge
ares by piliug brushwOod around some
tall pine trees, and to roast in the ashes
she ,mussels that literally line the
EOclEa
On these uncanny sZcurstons nobody
yentursd far inland, deferred as much
l5y fear Of prowliug Patagonians as by
the deep, wet moss There are neither
Feptiles nor dangerous beasts to be enc
couutered here, for animals know bet
Ger than to make their homes go near
the inhospitable south pole But one
has reason t5'be asfraid OF the indigen-
GUS human species, though rarely met
unIess his party OutnUmbers rheira-
The nomadic Indians of this section,
Eubsissiug upon berries and raw sea
EOod, roam from place to place. accord
Ing to the season They build huts in
favOrije localities. for use whenever
they return herstO-slzelston hOusea
made by planting both ends Of little
poles, interlaced In the ground, on top
Of which skins can be spread when the
owners wish to occupy them Each
hut was shout three feet high by per
aups i've feet across, shaped precisely
like an inverted basket.