ABSTRACT
The Strait of Magellan is extremely deep in most parts, even close to the shore. On the shores of the Strait of Magellan, near Port Famine, numerous semi-rounded fragments of various granites and hornblendic rocks are strewed on the beach, and on the sides of the mountain, to an elevation of thirty feet. The climate of the southern part of South America presents many phenomena of the highest interest. Captain King has given a sketch of the geology of Tierra del Fuego, to which he have little to add. King, that in the Strait of Magellan, the line descends to about 3500 feet. The latter animal is rare, and is not, he believes, to be found south of the Strait of Magellan, as happens with the others. Captain FitzRoy determined to leave the Strait of Magellan by the Magdalen channel, which had not long been discovered. In the morning they made the best of their way into the open Pacific.
