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1、TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinPreviousChapterNextChapterChapter11-StraitofMagellan--ClimateoftheSouthernCoastsINTHEendofMay,1834,weenteredforasecondtimetheeasternmouthoftheStraitofMagellan.ThecountryonbothsidesofthispartoftheStraitconsistsofnearlylevelp
2、lains,likethoseofPatagonia.CapeNegro,alittlewithinthesecondNarrows,maybeconsideredasthepointwherethelandbeginstoassumethemarkedfeaturesofTierradelFuego.Ontheeastcoast,southoftheStrait,brokenpark-likesceneryinalikemannerconnectsthesetwocountries,whichareoppos
3、edtoeachotherinalmosteveryfeature.Itistrulysurprisingtofindinaspaceoftwentymilessuchachangeinthelandscape.Ifwetakearathergreaterdistance,asbetweenPortFamineandGregoryBay,thatisaboutsixtymiles,thedifferenceisstillmorewonderful.Attheformerplace,wehaveroundedmo
4、untainsconcealedbyimperviousforests,whicharedrenchedwiththerain,broughtbyanendlesssuccessionofgales;whileatCapeGregory,thereisaclearandbrightblueskyoverthedryandsterileplains.Theatmosphericcurrents,[1]althoughrapid,turbulent,andunconfinedbyanyapparentlimits,
5、yetseemtofollow,likeariverinitsbed,aregularlydeterminedcourse.Duringourpreviousvisit(inJanuary),wehadaninterviewatCapeGregorywiththefamousso-calledgiganticPatagonians,whogaveusacordialreception.Theirheightappearsgreaterthanitreallyis,fromtheirlargeguanacoman
6、tles,theirlongflowinghair,andgeneralfigure:onanaverage,theirheightisaboutsixfeet,withsomementallerandonlyafewshorter;andthewomenarealsotall;altogethertheyarecertainlythetallestracewhichweanywheresaw.InfeaturestheystrikinglyresemblethemorenorthernIndianswhomI
7、sawwithRosas,buttheyhaveawilderandmoreformidableappearance:theirfacesweremuchpaintedwithredandblack,andonemanwasringedanddottedwithwhitelikeaFuegian.CaptainFitzRoyofferedtotakeanythreeofthemonboard,andallseemeddeterminedtobeofthethree.Itwaslongbeforewecouldc
8、leartheboat;atlastwegotonboardwithourthreegiants,whodinedwiththeCaptain,andbehavedquitelikegentlemen,helpingthemselveswithknives,forks,andspoons:nothingwassomuchrelishedassugar.Thistribehashadso
