The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23

ger ana fAs government vessels are. how
ever. rsaE.8g Aeaiway, ard within few
years this @rtat archipelago ii be u
tara .lco3snltC 70 longer.
Cloud land of Southern Patagonia.
TIE generally accepted be5tef REGARDING
EeGtQeTn Patagonia and Terra de- EneE3
is that thcv are something llRe tre coasts
G. Greenland or these % the Arctic seas
Tine BIOGRAPHIES represent them a. wastes
Il ira ard eaow. desolate f0rbidd.nE AMI
terrible II tae Traveller. For tee past fo.5r
days have been y .aQGg Ia and cat 81 tAe
channels along tle west coast of lower
Patagonia. Ay saU aas been through
S@f. - seems ranors has ha. cannot -
surpassed IA the world. We entered the
Archipelago py what fs known as the
SF1Eta's ch2n1e. route. about 40 miles
aaoVr here. and COagted slowly along
through ora caanret after another untN
" caula tnto the strait proper a Desnia-
ton stand. Darwin compared the glaciers
S8rrr.cntc 81 TERRA del Fuego To loo frozen
%iagaras. ThT Va ters along the lower END
Il Western Pa agonia present combinations
when n axe yoa think OF q hundred Lake
CC1!oS. Lake GeneFaS and Lake Iucernes
led Sssetaer la one overwhelming. ever
changing river. Here are the beauties Of
the thousand Islands % the 81. Law renee,
added e by a1o@-capUed naourta ns
ssed by lie sin. and mighty glaciers
sii1l.S down into Masses Of dark green
vegetation. Here ara gtAnt rocks cathe-
straight upward from the water for ! go
feet: mountains. their heads Lost Ia the
eotl4s doping almost pro-ptt GSlv TITO
tIe sea, narrow E2~ges, IN which the
stc1mfr must -&ck his way ana that 5
II winds t1roush !sia} ia of green and Isl
ands % rock. Here arc helds 81 Heating
.te, through which he boat crashes. rar-
row nord- % wGtch the black wafer S
z, feet de- p. ana, IL short, such van
city " - wonders o clouds, mountain
and SEA- n | doubt whether the.r Ike
De Z
3#be the most ritvtuTcsq paris Of thA
MUGS, fte htm4!aya~ ard the Alps CputE
sank tnfm op % t1e.r ne'ks in d1rl, bic
water, ard HuH cloud masses doNu with
}H''o MO .0e sea and wrap th2.r rugged
s'-s ISr Mp from the waters el4e with a
No ttTid. mantle ~ green. W. cG IS ngw
hCliaat n tra sunig E. now frosted WITH
..=1% aal now 30 loaded with ico that Il
ii-s IN terraces up the.r s'aS van nriylft
have a f4!nG idaa II some Of natures ;.otl-
ctt5 ~ 80 Mag .ians
On soath Pacific Steamer.
But / d'si air II giving a vivid picture
o. or ride through this ARCHIPELAGO. Il
i.@, three days. md Il vas sech =
set.as o. wonders ;h3t or|y a b.ocraph cf
the gods worked by the.r own hands could
pd-ut them on the rct,na Il your inax.-
nation. All / shall at.enp. Is 10 take you
with mn through sumo fNW places BIZ a
Transcript Of my notes made upon the
ground. We start "a the uay Of Coronel.
C"f 'ts'' -iFs t4t ltauFt. OF the hGSNCS
line. btuHt for Hamburg va the STRAIT,
les n TIE harhnr. Sc = a German IN =,
OF 6.2uo IONS, lighted ana heated 10y steam.
Capt. 8ehTmann- her commando. IS Ger
man, ana 81 are al the passengers. off,
GERS ana crew. We sp'ak q rman at the
tanir, and are. Tn fact 4naN slice of
Germany II oae Of the qu.etes. haraor4 II
the coast u Chile. / g tn my cabin r.
u NJ l.. and - as good a room as chat
OF an american liner. The cooking is Ger
man. TIE meats are fresh As 40 Down
to dinner l hear the squawk of a chick
en. oar meats arr CARR alive On board.
50 }hat later On We shall listen % The
ba-A-ing OF sheep. the grua;.u5 ~ pigs