Outing . fol-lowed su questo piccolo fiume e tracciato itscourse. Poco dopo aver lasciato il campo, abbiamo passato mezza canoa, diviso longitudinalmente da fusto a poppa, gettato sulla spiaggia, un ricordo di un doppio omicidio perpe-trated in essa la notte prima del mio arrivo, e ora, dopo la loro abitudine, aveva beendistrutto con il resto della proprietà del defunto. Qui e ci sono stati altri abandonedcanoes sdraiato sbiancante sulle rive.For miglia la marea è stata percettibile, untilwe raggiunto un punto in cui il fiume nar-in umido e divenne un ruscello. La marea reced-ing ha lasciato il fondo roccioso abbastanza shal-basso e questo, con t

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Outing . fol-lowed up this little river and plotted itscourse. Shortly after leaving the camp, we passed half a canoe, split lengthwisefrom stem to stern, cast up on the beach, a reminder of a double murder perpe-trated in it the night before my arrival, and now, after their custom, it had beendestroyed with the rest of the propertyof the deceased. Here and there were other abandonedcanoes lying bleaching on the shores.For miles the tide was perceptible, untilwe reached a point where the river nar-rowed and became a stream. The reced-ing tide left the rocky bottom quite shal-low, and this, with the swift current, forced us to abandon going further withthe canoe. Up to this point the RioDouglas could be considered almost asmuch one of those narrow arms of thesea as a river. Leaving the Indians in charge, Ipushed through the thick Antarcticbeeches and underbrush, or waded in theriver, some distance into the forest, farenough to feel sure that the river swingsnortherly, with its source perhaps in the. Copyright. 1QI/, by C. If. Furlong. ASAGYINGES .VXD HIS WIFE, TYPICAL FUEGIANS OF THE RIO DOUGLAS COUNTRY. region back of Woolya. There is alsoa possibility of some extensions or lakesalong its course further up, but I foundno indications of such. Certain sections of the Fuegian Archi-pelago abound with ducks and geese, andin their best feeding grounds, the lagunas(shallow lakes) of the northern half ofTierra-del-Fuego, they are found incountless thousands; but along the coastthey seem to be unusually wary of man, considering the few inhabitants and lone-liness of these parts. Rio Douglasabounded with beautiful upland geese, and on the way back I shot, at about twohundred yards, a fine specimen with myrifle. On our departure, near the campold Asagyinges was peering at us fromsome long grass on the river bank. Later, up river, far behind us, another canoestealthily followed under the shadow ofthe overhanging evergreen beeches andline a dura, then disappeared. On ourway back, a bi

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