Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

CHAPTER XIII.

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City of Rosario.--Its Population.--A Pretentious Church.--Ocean Experiences.--Morbid Fancies.--Strait of Magellan.--A Great Discoverer.--Local Characteristics.--Patagonians and Fuegians.--Giant Kelp.--Unique Mail Box.--Punta Arenas.--An Ex-Penal Colony.--The Albatross.--Natives.--A Naked People.--Whales.--Sea-Birds.--Glaciers.-- Mount Sarmiento.--A Singular Story 271