CHAPTER XXI.

Skyring's chart--Noir Island--Penguins--Fuegians-- Sarmiento--Townshend Harbour--Horace Peaks--Cape Desolation--Boat lost--Basket--Search in Desolation Bay-- Natives--Heavy Gale--Surprise--Seizure--Consequences-- Return to Beagle--Sail to Stewart Harbour--Set out again--Escape of Natives--Unavailing search--Discomforts-- Tides--Nature of Coast--Doris Cove--Christmas Sound-- Cook--York-Minster--March Harbour--Build a boat-- Treacherous rocks--Skirmish with the Natives--Captives-- Boat Memory--Petrel 386