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1、TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinPreviousChapterNextChapterChapter9-SantaCruz,Patagonia,andtheFalklandIslandsAPRIL13,1834.--TheBeagleanchoredwithinthemouthoftheSantaCruz.ThisriverissituatedaboutsixtymilessouthofPortSt.Julian.DuringthelastvoyageCaptainStokesproceededt
2、hirtymilesupit,butthen,fromthewantofprovisions,wasobligedtoreturn.Exceptingwhatwasdiscoveredatthattime,scarcelyanythingwasknownaboutthislargeriver.CaptainFitzRoynowdeterminedtofollowitscourseasfarastimewouldallow.Onthe18ththreewhale-boatsstarted,carryingthreeweeks'prov
3、isions;andthepartyconsistedoftwenty-fivesouls--aforcewhichwouldhavebeensufficienttohavedefiedahostofIndians.Withastrongflood-tideandafinedaywemadeagoodrun,soondranksomeofthefreshwater,andwereatnightnearlyabovethetidalinfluence.Theriverhereassumedasizeandappearancewhich
4、,evenatthehighestpointweultimatelyreached,wasscarcelydiminished.Itwasgenerallyfromthreetofourhundredyardsbroad,andinthemiddleaboutseventeenfeetdeep.Therapidityofthecurrent,whichinitswholecourserunsattherateoffromfourtosixknotsanhour,isperhapsitsmostremarkablefeature.Th
5、ewaterisofafinebluecolour,butwithaslightmilkytinge,andnotsotransparentasatfirstsightwouldhavebeenexpected.Itflowsoverabedofpebbles,likethosewhichcomposethebeachandthesurroundingplains.Itrunsinawindingcoursethroughavalley,whichextendsinadirectlinewestward.Thisvalleyvari
6、esfromfivetotenmilesinbreadth;itisboundedbystep-formedterraces,whichriseinmostparts,oneabovetheother,totheheightoffivehundredfeet,andhaveontheoppositesidesaremarkablecorrespondence.April19th.--Againstsostrongacurrentitwas,ofcourse,quiteimpossibletoroworsail:consequentl
7、ythethreeboatswerefastenedtogetherheadandstern,twohandsleftineach,andtherestcameonshoretotrack.AsthegeneralarrangementsmadebyCaptainFitzRoywereverygoodforfacilitatingtheworkofall,andasallhadashareinit,Iwilldescribethesystem.Thepartyincludingeveryone,wasdividedintotwosp
8、ells,eachofwhichhauledatthetrackinglinealternatelyforanhourandahalf.Theofficersofeachboatlivedwith,atethesamefood,and
