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The Washington times., 1902-03-17
DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY.
Dr. Robert Smart, u. S. A. and Wife Give Farewell Dinner
to Their Friends
Popular Surgeon Prepares PhppnesMs Gggs Wife
of Attorney General, Contradicts Some Rmos-Peruvan
Minister Is Paying New York Short Visit.
Bid Friends Farewell.

DR.. Robert Smart United States Army.
and Mrs Smart, who have entertained
with such gracious hospitality throughout
the winter. gave their ANAL dinner last
night before their departure for the
Philippines, to which port DR.. Smart has
Just been ordered. Their guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cridler, Mr.. Corea.
the Minister from Nicaragua; Mrs. George
W. Hubbell, of New York; Mrs. Thweed,
Of England; Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Suther-
land, Senator Warren. Maj. Walter Reed.
and Col. Charles Smart. Assistant Sur
geon General, United States Army.
The table was floral, with pink and
white carnations and roses. and the lights
burned under daintily tinted shades. Mrs.
Smart received in a very beautiful toilette
of white lace over silver.
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A Self Made Representative.

Representative ". F. Mahouy, of Chi
cago. who is often seen in the lobby OF
the Raleigh, is noted for his amiability
and modesty. and though this is his first
term, he has already won many warm
friends.
His modesty prevented him writing
more than dozen words of himself for
the Congressional Directory. He is a
native OF Chicago. and was born in the
street on which he now lives. His chill
dren go to the same public school in
which he obtained his education. Mr. Ma
hony is self made man, and during his
twelve years of service in the city coun-
ell he enjoyed the esteem of his con-
stituents. 1t is believed that he will be
easily reelected to the House next No.
vember
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CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Lively General Wheeler.

New York Commercial Advertiser-Pre-
vieus to appointing Gen. Joe Wheeler to
a command in the war with Spain, Pres-
dent Mckinley consulted the late Senator
Davis of Minnesota about the matter. Il
think 1t would be splendid appointment"
said Mr. Davis. II am living witness
Of Joe Wheeler's grit and persistence.
During the civil war he chased me like
the devil through FIVE States"
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Spain's Man on Horseback.

Philadelphia Times-Weyler looms larg-
er in Spain. 1t is confessed that he can
not now be spared from the Cabinet
whatever change may be made in its
political complexion; and should the sit
uation ere long demand man on horse
back" he is the man at whom destiny
seems already TO point her finger.
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Personal NofeS About
Washington People.

Or. W. ]. S. Stewart. assistant sur
geon, United States Army. is at his home,
1880 n Street. on leave from his post in
the Philippines.
Mrs. Harry Friedlander is visiting in
New York. where Mr.. Friedlander joined
her for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. l.. Blout have returned
from a trip to New York
Mrs. W. B. Ballard. formerly Miss Car
rie Cornell. of Boston, Mass, is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. NJ. C. Lewis, 1OS
Quincy Street northeast. Mrs. Ballard
will leave the city today for a trio TO
Florida. stopping at the exposition.
DR.. W. NJ Barton has gone 10 Phlla-
delphia to superintend the publication of
his newly completed medical work,
"Thesoros.
Mr.. and Mrs Graham, Of New York. are
at the Iowa. Thirteenth and 0 Streets
northwest.
Miss Lillian Hamilton Simpson, vino has
been visiting the family, of Sir Harcourt
Lees, OF Lection Forest, Warrenton, Va,
has returned TO Washington.
Representative Newlands and family
have given up their winter quarters at
the New Willard and opened their coun-
try home on Woodley Lane for the spring.
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Willie Astor's Grief.

Rochester Post -Express-Tbis terrible
blow 10 British military prestige inflicted
by the heartless Bocrs must be particu-
larly agonizing TO such loyal and hon
est English heart as beats in the bosom
OF William Waldorf Astor, of Lunnon, late
of New York
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Expert Testimony Not Expert.

Philsdclphia nquirer-Reviewing the
subject in the calmest possible mood,
%ha. h there in the expert testimony in
tie fatrick-sise case e saIsqlateea sd, to in
crease the public respect for-cXpert tes-
timony? For the one-thousandth time
that same public is receiving proof that
expert testimony is either inexpert or cor
rupt,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Townsend gave q
most enjoyable dinner last evening in
honor of Lord and Lady Algernon Cor
don-Lennox. Their guests were Senator
and Mrs. Depew, Mrs. John Davis. Mrs.
Winthrop Gray. of New York; Mrs. Burte
Roch, of New York; Commander and Mrs.
Cowles, Representative and Mrs. New
lands, Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Crugsr. Mr..
and Mrs. Cracksnthorpe, Mr.. and Mrs. de
Koyen, Miss Daisy Letter, Miss Patten,
Senator Hale, Mr.. Riano, ex-senator VOL
colt, Count Quadt, Mr.. Norman, Major
McCawley. Mr. Raikes, and Mr.. Walter
Berry.
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Would Reduce Sleeping Car Berth Rates.

Representative Albert Alexander Blake
ney of Maryland has introduced in the
House bill which should make him
popular with majority of the travelling
public, even if he does not receive the
support of a certain corporation.
Mr.. Blskeney proposes to reduce the
rates for sleeping car berths. His meas
ure stipulates that the charge for a lower
berth shall be sl.25 for 300 miles and 81
for an upper berth for like distince.
Mr.. Blakeney believes thai the business
of the Pullman Company. which now con-
trolls the sleeping car privileges on all
the railroads of the country, would be
increased by such a reduction sufficient to
warrant the lower rate. He believes that
Congress has the right TO enact such a
law under the interstate commerce clause
of he Constitution.
His bill is now in the hands of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce. but has not been taken up for
consideration.
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Neea Of Army Reform.

Philadelphia Ledger-Secretary Root ig
prepared to take lessons from expert
ence. The conduct of the war with SPAIN
has convinced him that certain reforms
in the organization OF ;he army are neces-
sary, and be is advocating them before
Congress. the members of which body
should give some respect to his study and
experience.
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GOSSIP AND CHAT HEARD IN
WASHINGTON HOTEL LOBBIES

mercial jealousy, and so il is easy for the
Germans. French, Hollanders, and others
to believe anything to the detri,nent of
hated Government.
Here in the United States 1 have
found out that the complaints of cruelty
brought against United States troops came
entirely from a source that is opposed TO
American occupation of the Philippines.
So il is that the two cases are almost a
parallel and show that human nature is
pretty much the same the world over
The Washington times., 1902-03-17
Hop at Washington Barracks.

Miss Garcia de Peyster and Miss Helen
Bell were among the dancers at the hop
at the Washington Barracks, given by
the officers and their wives last Monday
evening.
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Peruvian Minister in Gotham.

The Peruvian Minister is making a
short visit to New York. He is regis
tered at the Waldorf
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Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Griggs.

Mrs Mimic Reese Richardson. former
ly Of Montgomery. but now a resident Of
Rome. Ca, has been the guest of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Griggs and the re-
cipient of marked social attention during
her stay at the Colonial.
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Entertain the Stigma Tau"

Last Friday evening the testers enter
tanned the Sigma Tau at the home of ono
Of the members, 514 B Street southeast,
The two societies spent a very pleasant
evening. At 10:3o .. m. the guests re-
paired to the dining room, where an elab-
crate menu was served. Many toasts werd
responded to. Those present were Misses
Bowie, Demarest, Dieterich, Grant, Ide,
Martin. Morrison, and Craig, and Messrs.
Lester. Martin, Devendorf, and Craig.
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MORNING EDITION. one yesr. e5: six
months $3.50; three months, SI.25. Morn
ing and Sunday, one year. 81; months,
s3-bo; three months, eI.75. sunday cdi-
lion only, one year, e2; six months, 81;
three month, so cents.
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Any who buy the Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times stand Washington suburban
railroad elsewhere, will confer favor by notifying
the Publisher of The Times Corner Tenth and S Washington D. c.
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A Loss to Society.

With the graduation Of the present
class Of the Army Medical School on
April society will lose some of its most
popular beaux. as twenty-five of the class
of twenty three have been ordered to Ma
Mia and will leave for San Francisco
April To-
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Judge Goodenow in Town.
Miss Cornelia McLanahan Entertained.

Judge ]. H. Goodenow, of New York, is
at the Bancroft.
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dinner last night His guests were Mr..
Manbilleau, Mr.. Crosby, Mr.. Boeufve, Mr..
and Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Puckerman,
Counsel Of the Embassy and Nine. de
Margerie, Miss Wetmore, the Argentine
Minister and Sonora Merou, Mr.. Chartran,
Mr.. Hermite, and Miss Wilson.
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11iSS OUiHeIId l0CLdHdHdH LHttftdIHeu.
Miss Cornelia McLanahan, who is visit
ing in San Francisco, was the guest Of
honor at tea given by Mrs. Martin last
Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. McLanahan and
their daughter expect to return to Wash
ington about May 1.
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For Brother William.

Chicago Record d-Hcrald--Prince Henry
is gone; but there are still some canvas
backs and terrapin left.
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Euchre Club in Session.

Mrs. W. Grayson Urner entertained the
Two-Thirty Euchre Club, Friday after
noon. in her apartment at the Cairo.
Those present were Mrs. Snyder. Mrs.
yesterday, Miss Spier, Mrs. Bouitcr, Mrs.
Ellis. Miss Duffield, Mrs. Sears. Mrs.
Wright Miss Hustled, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs.
Morgan, and Mrs Blackford.
The first prize, a cut glass rose vase.
was won by Mrs. Wright. Refreshments
were served late in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1902-03-17
Governor Stone. Daughter Abroad.

Miss Jean Stone, the daughter Of Gov.
William A. Stone. Of Pennsylvania, il
travelling abroad, chaperoned by FrauIein
Elise Won Ratch Moervis. Of the royal
house Of Prussia, and who has previous
ly chaperoned. among other young Ameri-
cans. Miss Mary Letter. now wife Of the
Viceroy Of Egypt; Miss Nancy Letter, and
Miss Pauline Whitney
Miss Stone, who is only seventeen, has
number Of young school friends in this
city. where she spent her winters during
her fathers terms in Congress.
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Dinner by Secretary and Mrs. Hill.

The dinner guests entertained on Satur-
day evening by the First Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Hill were the
Speaker of the House, Senator and Mrs.
Cullom, Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks, Sen
ator and Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Audenried
Mr. and Mrs. Ridgley, Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Bennett, Miss
Cockrell, and Mr.. Vanderlip.
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EVENING EDITION. one year, s.: At,
months. S1.5O: three months, 80 cents.
Lvening and Sunday, one year, %; ak
months. $3.50; throe months 91.s5.
MoI ming, Evening. and Sunday. ono year.
SO, six months, IS; three months $3.50
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UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Stealing a County.

| Stealing County.
The Ohio members are deeply interest
ed in the redistricting which is being
planned in their State. Those who nave
safe" districts with good majorities 40
not relish the idea of having a county
chopped off here and there and addeo 10
some district more doubtful. thus perhaps
| lesseuine their own chances of being re-
| turned.
anropos of this condition, Representa-
tive H,ldebrant caused a big laugh at the
expense of his colleague. Representative
Neyin. the other night at the dinner ten
dered to the Tantalus Club by Representa-
tive Burk.
Both are new members. Mr.. Hide
brant has what Is regarded as sure Re-
publican district. The district which Mr..
Nevin represents is normally Democratic,
was represented by a member of that
party for number of terms and was
only taken out of the Democratic column
after a hard fight and by narrow mar
gin in 1900.
During the progress OF the dinner some
one observing the absence of Mr.. Nevin
anxiously enquired as to his whereabouts
Il can tell you where he is Mr.. Speak
err" shouted Mr. Hildebrant, jumping TO
his feet. Everybody expected TO hear him
express the regrets of his colleague, but
instead he announced:
Bob Nevin is out in Ohio trying to
steal one OF my good Republican counties
and have it added on to his own district"
Everybody laughed. Then Representa-
tive Beidler shouted:
"Oh, you're sure to come back, Hide
brant, and you ought to be generous to
Bob He's liable to have a harder time
of it,"
First Page of Congressional Record"
The first page OF the Congressional
Record" is a place always coveted by
members who deliver set speeches.
Not a day passes but members ap-
peal to the clerk who makes up" tho
Record" to see that their remarks get
showing upon the first page. They are
like the shrewd advertiser who always
wants his little liner top OF column, next
to pure reading matter
In the daily record of proceedings there
appears frequently the parenthetical
statement that Mr.. Blank addressed the
committee. His remarks will appear here
after" 1t is not always that these re-
marks are held for revision. but it fire.
quently happens that the member is with
holding the publication until he is able to
get position on the first page of the
Record" Sometimes it occurs that the
first page is contracted for week ahead
The idea with members seems to be that
their remarks will attract wider atten-
tiou if they appear in such a conspicuous
position than If they We're buried some
where in the eegtre OF the daily volume
So the iiiember Is always happy when he
unfolds his Record" in the morning and
finds printed in bold black type the
speech which he delivered perhaps to
empty seats four or fve days before.
His constituents do not know this. and
are apt to think that the speeches which
are most important, like the news in
newspaper, are printed on the first page,
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Mrs. George Wood, of Philadelphia. is
guest at the Arlington.
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Mrs. Harry Friedlander is visiting in
New York. where Mr.. Friedlander joined
her for a week
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Mr. and Mrs. /. L. Blout have returned
from a trip to New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Graham. Of New York, are
at the Iowa. Thirteenth and O Streets
northwest.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10

lands east of the Brecknock pass,
stretching along to Cape Horn. The
most southerly permanent settle
ment in the world is the mission
established for them at Tekinike, a
peninsula on Hoste island. A small,
spired church stands on a hill of
soggy peat. A rough pier runs into
the water. The huts afford an in
secure shelter from the blasts and
are inhabited, without regard to sex
or kind, by humanity and dogs.
As one stands on the shaking peat
in the raw, chill and bitter wind,
with angry waters visible from one
point Of view and barren, rocky
mountains from another, with the
strong-scent from the musse1 beds
filing his nostrils, extinction, as a
race, does not seem SO appalling. In
every way the Yahgans show weak
ness. They are addicted to alcohol
and seem to lack moral stamina.
Their faults are mostly of a negative
character. Their great skill in man
aging their canoe and obtaining
their food is their strongest point.
The aborigines of Terra del Fuego
proper are known as the Ona Indi-
ans and consist of wandering groups.
They are considered to rank first
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10

their learning into practice. Ifsthey
want to revolutionize the old farm
don't tell them to "let well enough
alone" for nothing is well enough
that can be made better. If they
want to adopt new methods, don't
veto the proposition; but hear their
reasons, counsel with them; perhaps
you can learn something yourself
from such consultation; for gray
hairs are not an infallible indication
of wisdom. Neither is it certain that
the boy is a fool because he proposes
methods you know nothing about. II
you are not too old to learn, see il
you can't gain some information from
the boy. If you are too old 70 learn,
and too set in your old ways to
change them, the best you can do is
to let the boy have his way, for he is
certainly not too old to learn.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10
Something Good to Eat.

The horticulturist does not lack for
something good to eat. In fact, he
lives on the best that the world af-
fords. His family is well fed. The
strawberry opens the season. Before
this furit is gone the early cherries
and raspberries are ripe. They are
followed by a succession of fruits of
many kinds that leave no vacancies.
There are peaches, plums, pears,
grapes and ounces ripening all along
through the season. Even in winter
there are apples in the cellar, except
where it is too far south; and there
it is probable that some other fruits
are in season.
The ladies, on a fruit farm, rarely
lack for something in the house to
cook that is good and easy to pre-
pare for the table. There is a great
difference between having plenty of
fruits and vegetables at hand and not
having them when a meal is to be
prepared. And there is a difference
when we sit down to eat. The fruit
grower revels in that which his city
cousin can only get at a high price
and of inferior quality; because, it
has to be gathered before it is ripe
and sent to market, while the one
who grows it can have it in perfect
condition. In the matter of canned,
preserved and dried fruits the fruit
| growers again have the advantage.
There is a feeling of satisfaction and
solid comfort in having a liberal
amount of homegrown and home
canned fruit on hand when winter
cuts short the fresh supply. The gro
Ger can not fill the want so well, nor
at so small cost.
Another point is hat eating an
abundance of good fruit makes one
healthier than without it. The doc
tors are not needed so often where
fruits and vegetables are plenty as
where hog-and-hominy is the chief
diet. What a pity that many country
people who might live much better
than they do will continue to starve
themselves and their families for
these cheap and wholesome things
that are so easily provided.-Farm and
Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10
IN TERRA DEL FUEGO
Strange Things May Be Seen in
That Unknown Region.
Tribes of AboriEines, Once Powerful.
Now ON the Verge of Extinction
"A Coast of Rugged Rocks
and Woods
Especial Corresnondence.l

NI1TH the gradual diminution
w and disappearance of the diff
ierent tribes of Indians inter-
est in their habits and customs is
developing to a greater degree than
ever in the past. So many nations
have become extinct, leaving few
traces, that scientists are compelled
to do a great deal of guess work to
enable them to piece together an
unsatisfactory life history of the
vanished peoples.
Recently attention has been called
to the fact that the natives of Pata-
gonia and the neighboring islands
are rapidly dying out, and several
small exploring expeditions have
coasted through the waterways of
that region with the double purpose
of forming a better acquaintance
with them and ascertaining what
steps may be taken to prevent their
becoming extinct. To the noted Eng
lish traveller, w. S. Barclay, and 9TH
ers, the world is greatly indebted for
facts recently discovered relating to
humanity in this chilly, tempestuous
portion of our hemisphere.
The Yahgans are, perhaps, as in
teresting as any. Their language is
soft n rather musical, while their
slight association with white men
has shown them to be gentle and
kindly disposed, but, including men,
women and children, they now num-
Der buS about 200, while, before they
came in contact with civilization,
they aggregated several thousand.
Their time is fully employed in orc
curing food from the rather barren
region which they inhabit. They use
some scanty clothing obtained from
white people, but in the past went
about naked. Their diet consists al
most entirely of mollusks and differ
ent varieties of fish.
Mussels are found along the shores
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10
HERE AND THERE.

The corn crop of the country for
the present year is estimated at g.
500, 900 600 bushels, or 1,250,000 tons.
But prices wiz not probably reach the
low figure this great crop might indi-
cate.
The heavy draft horse can not
stand hard work on a hot day nearly
so well as the medium-weight horse.
It is a very easy job to kill a 1900
pound Norman when the mercury
stands at 100.
Sheep should be regularly sailed.
Rock salt placed where they "a help
themselves at will is the best method
of doing this. If you can't give salt
to both sheep and cattle, let the cat
tie go without.
TO pass by a farm and behold q
flock of one breed Of well-bred fowls
speaks volumes for the owner. A
flock Of well-bred fowls constitutes a
silent advertisement Of what its own
err is.
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sweet. Made Of conl Tar.

Saccharin and other ~coal-tar prod
ucts are being much used in place of
sugar for sweetening jams, sirups, bev-
erages, pastry and other food sub
stances. Sucramine, one of these sub
stitutes, is credited with 700 times the
sweetening power of the c~ane-sugar.
Not only are these sweet products
not food, but DR.. de Lavarene calls at
tention to the fact that their contin-
ued use may seriously derange the di-
gestive functions. Prof. Won Bunge,
of Basic, has reported that saccharin
after being absorbed may reappear in
the saliva, causing i persistent sweet
taste, and interfering with the appe-
tite. DR.. Plugge has shown that sac
charm in%terferes with the breaking
up of food substances in artificial d.
g%estion; and a gram daily Of dulcin,
another of coal-tar sweets, caused the
death of dog in three weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-10
among the three tribes who were

among the three tribes who wero
formerly proprietors of the Magel-
lanes. Harburton is a little station
of a c~urving peninsula extending into
the Beagle channel. Stock-raising is
the principal industry and means Of
income to all farmers in this vicini-
ty. This is a friendly meeting-place
for the Ona tribes and neighboring
sheep are safe from their depreda-
tions while hereditary tribal enemies
of many generations unite in games.
These Indians refuse alcohol in any
form, although its use degrades all
the surrounding tribes, both in Pata-
gonia and on the islands. AS n of
the chief articles of diet of the Ona
is the guanaco, or sheep, endurance
and bodily strength with a certain
rude honor are his standard excel
%lences. His height and general phys
zeal development are remarkable.
Fighting and hunting are his chief
occupations, when engaged in which
he casts aside his one garment, a
guanaco. mantle. This is his only
protection from heat, rain and snow
while he tramps over his rugged is
lands during all Knives
have come to his hand but recently
and he is awkward in their use, but
his bow and arrows are his w PEE
culiar weapons and with these he is
expert. A bit of sleeps hide is
bound across his forehead as a sort
of disguise while he is pursuing his
that of the white man, while the
Yahgans with their fish diet and life
spent canoeing have imperfect ex-
tremities.
With the incoming of gold-seekers.
and the class that always follow in
their wake, the chances of subsist-
enc for the Onas has grown less
and they now number but about 700.
Between the Onas and Yahgans are
the Alacaluf Indians. Little is known
of them beyond the fact that, like
their neighbors, they are gradually
dying out. Their country extends
from Smyth's channel on the Gillian
coast to Brecknock pass, and presents
a network of passages and inlets of
which but a limited number appear on
the charts. Here the hills are heavily
wooded and snow falls to great depth.
Vessels approaching Terra del Fuego
and the neighboring islands from the
North Atlantic frequently stop first
at the excellent harbor of Port STAN