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