Дети капитана Гранта

Through the Straits of Magellan

           Thesebrilliantconstellationsbegantobestudthesky,andtheSouthernCrossshoneout.Therewerenumerousbaysalongtheshore,easyofaccess,buttheyachtdidnotdropanchorinany;shecontinuedhercoursefearlesslythroughtheluminousdarkness.Presentlyruinscameinsight,crumblingbuildings,whichthenightinvestedwithgrandeur,thesadremainsofadesertedsettlement,whosenamewillbeaneternalprotestagainstthesefertileshoresandforestsfullofgame.TheDuncanwaspassingFortFamine.

           ItwasinthatveryspotthatSarmiento,aSpaniard,camein1581,withfourhundredemigrants,toestablishacolony.HefoundedthecityofSt.Philip,buttheextremeseverityofwinterdecimatedtheinhabitants,andthosewhohadstruggledthroughthecolddiedsubsequentlyofstarvation.CavendishtheCorsairdiscoveredthelastsurvivordyingofhungerintheruins.

           Aftersailingalongthesedesertedshores,theDuncanwentthroughaseriesofnarrowpasses,betweenforestsofbeechandashandbirch,andatlengthdoubledCapeFroward,stillbristlingwiththeiceofthelastwinter.Ontheothersideofthestrait,inTerradelFuego,stoodMountSarmiento,toweringtoaheightof6,000feet,anenormousaccumulationofrocks,separatedbybandsofcloud,formingasortofaerialarchipelagointhesky.

           ItisatCapeFrowardthattheAmericancontinentactuallyterminates,forCapeHornisnothingbutarocksunkintheseainlatitude52degrees

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