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Through the Straits of Magellan

           LemaireandShoutendeclarethattheyareelevenfeethigh."

           "Theseareallcrediblewitnesses,"saidGlenarvan.

           "Yes,quiteasmuchasWood,Narborough,andFalkner,whosaytheyareofmediumstature.Again,Byron,Giraudais,Bougainville,Wallis,andCarteret,declaredthatthePatagoniansaresixfeetsixinchestall."

           "Butwhatisthetruth,then,amongallthesecontradictions?"askedLadyHelena.

           "Justthis,madame;thePatagonianshaveshortlegs,andalargebust;orbywayofajokewemightsaythatthesenativesaresixfeethighwhentheyaresitting,andonlyfivewhentheyarestanding."

           "Bravo!mydeargeographer,"saidGlenarvan."Thatisverywellput."

           "Unlesstheracehasnoexistence,thatwouldreconcileallstatements,"returnedPaganel."Buthereisoneconsolation,atallevents:theStraitsofMagellanareverymagnificent,evenwithoutPatagonians."

           JustatthismomenttheDuncanwasroundingthepeninsulaofBrunswickbetweensplendidpanoramas.

           SeventymilesafterdoublingCapeGregory,sheleftonherstarboardthepenitentiaryofPuntaArena.ThechurchsteepleandtheChilianflaggleamedforaninstantamongthetrees,andthenthestraitwoundonbetweenhugegraniticmasseswhichhadanimposingeffect.Cloud-cappedmountainsappeared,theirheadswhitewitheternalsnows,andtheirfeethidinimmenseforests.Towardthesouthwest,MountTarnrose6,500feethigh.Nightcame

           V.IVVerneonafteralonglingeringtwilight,thelightinsensiblymeltingawayintosoftshades.

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