CHAPTER III.

Prepare the Beagle, and a decked boat (the Hope) for surveying the Strait--Beagle sails westward, and the Hope towards the south-east--Sarmiento's Voyage--and description of the colony formed by him at Port Famine--Steamer Duck-- Large trees--Parroquets--Mount Tarn--Barometrical observations--Geological character--Report of the Hope's cruise 26