At no time does the consciousness in what a remote corner of the world you are then standing come so strongly before the mind.

Everything tends to this effect; the stillness of the night is interrupted only by the heavy breathing of the seamen beneath the tents, and sometimes by the cry of a night-bird.

The occasional barking of a dog, heard in the distance, reminds one that it is the land of the savage.
JANUARY 29, 1833.
Early in the morning we arrived at the point where the Beagle Channel divides into two arms; and we entered the northern one.

The scenery here becomes even grander than before.

The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country, and boldly rise to a height of between three and four thousand feet, with one peak above six thousand feet.