Chilóe--Its probable importance--Valdivia founds seven Cities; afterwards destroyed by the Indians--Migration of Spanish settlers--Province and Islands of Chilóe--Districts and population--Government--Defence--Winds--Town-- Durability of wooden Buildings--Cultivation--Want of industry--Improvement--Dress--Habits of lower Classes-- Morality--Schools--Language--Produce--Manufactures-- Exports and imports--Varieties of wood--Alerse--Roads-- Piraguas--Ploughs--Corn--Potatoes--Contributions--Birds-- Shell-fish--Medical practitioners--Remedies--Climate 269 CHAPTER XVII. Chilóe the last Spanish possession in South America-- Freyre's Expedition--Failure--Second Expedition under Freyre and Blanco--Quintanilla's capitulation--Chilóe taken--Aldunate placed in command--Chilóe a dependency of Chile--Beagle sails to sea coast of Tierra del Fuego-- Adelaide repaired--Adelaide sails--Adventure goes to {xxvi} Valparaiso--Juan Fernandez--Fishery--Goats--Dogs-- Geology--Botany--Shells--Spanish accounts--Anson's voyage--Talcahuano--Concepcion--Pinoleo--Araucanian Indians--Re-enter the Strait of Magalhaens--Fuegians 298 CHAPTER XVIII. Adelaide's last cruise--Port Otway--San Quintin--Marine Islands--Unknown river or passage--San Tadeo--Isthmus of Ofqui--San Rafael--Sufferings and route of Wager's party--Channel's Mouth--Byron--Cheap--Elliot--Hamilton-- Campbell--Indian Cacique--Passage of the Desecho-- Osorio--Xavier Island--Jesuit Sound--Kirke's report-- Night tides--Guaianeco Islands--Site of the Wager's wreck--Bulkely and Cummings--Speedwell Bay--Indigenous wild Potato--Mesier Channel--Fatal Bay--Death of Mr. Millar--Fallos Channel--Lieutenant Skyring's illness-- English Narrow--Fish--Wigwams--Indians--Level Bay--Brazo Ancho--Eyre Sound--Seal--Icebergs--Walker Bay--Nature of the Country--Habits of the Natives--Scarcity of population 323 CHAPTER XIX. Sarmiento Channel--Ancon sin Salida--Cape Earnest--Canal of the Mountains--Termination of the Andes--Kirke Narrow-- Easter Bay--Disappointment Bay--Obstruction Sound--Last Hope Inlet--Swans--Coots--Deer River--Lagoon--Singular Eddies--Passage of the Narrow--Arrival at Port Famine-- Zoological remarks 346 CHAPTER XX. Beagle sails from San Carlos--Enters Strait--Harbour of Mercy--Cape Pillar--Apostles--Judges--Landfall Island-- Cape Gloucester--Dislocation Harbour--Week Islands-- Fuegians--Latitude Bay--Boat's crew in distress--Petrel-- Passages--Otway Bay--Cape Tate--Fincham Islands-- {xxvii} Deepwater Sound--Breaker Bay--Grafton Islands--Geological remarks--Barbara Channel--Mount Skyring--Compasses affected--Drawings--Provisions--Opportunities lost 360 CHAPTER XXI.