CHAPTER VII.

Leave Rio de Janeiro--Santos--Sta. Catharina--Monte Video--Purchase the Adelaide schooner, for a Tender to the Adventure--Leave Monte Video--Beagle goes to Port Desire--Shoals off Cape Blanco--Bellaco Rock--Cape Virgins--Possession Bay--First Narrow--Race--Gregory Bay--View--Tomb--Traffic with Natives--Cordial meeting-- Maria goes on board--Natives intoxicated--Laredo Bay-- Port Famine 106