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1、TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinPreviousChapterNextChapterChapter13-ChiloeandChonosIslandsNOVEMBER10th.--TheBeaglesailedfromValparaisotothesouth,forthepurposeofsurveyingthesouthernpartofChile,theislandofChiloe,andthebrokenlandcalledtheChonosArchipela
2、go,asfarsouthasthePeninsulaofTresMontes.Onthe21stweanchoredinthebayofS.Carlos,thecapitalofChiloe.Thisislandisaboutninetymileslong,withabreadthofratherlessthanthirty.Thelandishilly,butnotmountainous,andiscoveredbyonegreatforest,exceptwhereafewgreenpatche
3、shavebeenclearedroundthethatchedcottages.FromadistancetheviewsomewhatresemblesthatofTierradelFuego;butthewoods,whenseennearer,areincomparablymorebeautiful.Manykindsoffineevergreentrees,andplantswithatropicalcharacter,heretaketheplaceofthegloomybeechofth
4、esouthernshores.Inwintertheclimateisdetestable,andinsummeritisonlyalittlebetter.Ishouldthinktherearefewpartsoftheworld,withinthetemperateregions,wheresomuchrainfalls.Thewindsareveryboisterous,andtheskyalmostalwaysclouded:tohaveaweekoffineweatherissometh
5、ingwonderful.ItisevendifficulttogetasingleglimpseoftheCordillera:duringourfirstvisit,onceonlythevolcanoofOsornostoodoutinboldrelief,andthatwasbeforesunrise;itwascurioustowatch,asthesunrose,theoutlinegraduallyfadingawayintheglareoftheeasternsky.Theinhabi
6、tants,fromtheircomplexionandlowstature;appeartohavethree-fourthsofIndianbloodintheirveins.Theyareanhumble,quiet,industrioussetofmen.Althoughthefertilesoil,resultingfromthedecompositionofthevolcanicrocks,supportsarankvegetation,yettheclimateisnotfavourab
7、letoanyproductionwhichrequiresmuchsunshinetoripenit.Thereisverylittlepastureforthelargerquadrupeds;andinconsequence,thestaplearticlesoffoodarepigs,potatoes,andfish.Thepeoplealldressinstrongwoollengarments,whicheachfamilymakesforitself,anddyeswithindigoo
8、fadarkbluecolour.Thearts,however,areintherudeststate;--asmaybeseenintheirstrangefashionofploughing,theirmethodofspinning,grindingcorn,andintheconstructionoftheirboats.Theforestsaresoimpenetrable,thatthelandisnowherecultivatedexce
