We were constantly so near Terra del Fuego that we could make out every bush with the naked eye.

We could have reached the land in an hour, without retarding our voyage in the least, for we were frequently becalmed; but the captain would not consent, as the wind might spring up every instant.
The coast appeared rather steep, but not high; the foreground was composed of meagre pasture alternating with tracts of sand, and in the background were ranges of woody hills, beyond which rose snow- covered mountains.

On the whole, the country struck me as being much more inhabitable than the Island of Iceland, which I had visited a year and a half previously.

The temperature, too, must here be higher, as even at sea we had 54 degrees 5' and 59 degrees Fah.
I saw three kinds of sea-tangle, but could only obtain a specimen of one, resembling that which I had seen in 44 degrees South lat.

The second kind was not very different, and it was only the third that had pointed leaves, several of which together formed a sort of fan several feet long and broad.
On the 30th of January we passed very near the Staten Islands, lying between 56 and 57 degrees South lat.