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Through the Straits of Magellan

           Forthefirstthreeorfourhoursthatistosay,foraboutsixtytoeightymiles,asfarasCapeGregorythecoastoneithersidewaslowandsandy.JacquesPaganelwouldnotloseasinglepointofview,norasingledetailofthestraits.Itwouldscarcelytakethirty-sixhourstogothroughthem,andthemovingpanoramaonbothsides,seeninalltheclearnessandgloryofthelightofasouthernsun,waswellworththetroubleoflookingatandadmiring.OntheTerradelFuegoside,afewwretched-lookingcreatureswerewanderingaboutontherocks,butontheothersidenotasolitaryinhabitantwasvisible.

           PaganelwassovexedatnotbeingabletocatchaglimpseofanyPatagonians,thathiscompanionswerequiteamusedathim.HewouldinsistthatPatagoniawithoutPatagonianswasnotPatagoniaatall.

           ButGlenarvanreplied:

           "Patience,myworthygeographer.WeshallseethePatagoniansyet."

           "Iamnotsureofit."

           "Butthereissuchapeople,anyhow,"saidLadyHelena.

           "Idoubtitmuch,madam,sinceIdon’tseethem."

           "ButsurelytheverynamePatagonia,whichmeans‘greatfeet’inSpanish,wouldnothavebeengiventoimaginarybeings.""Oh,thenameisnothing,"saidPaganel,whowasarguingsimplyforthesakeofarguing."Andbesides,tospeakthetruth,wearenotsureifthatistheirname."

           "Whatanidea!"exclaimedGlenarvan."Didyouknowthat,Major?"

           "No,"repliedMcNabbs,"andwouldn’tgiveaScotchpound-notefortheinformation."

           "Youshallhearit,however,MajorIndifferent.

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