The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . gorous attack, in which ho inflicted, with a placid smile, afatal wound on his opponent. TIERRA DEL FLEGO, a large archipelago at thesouthern extremity of South America, from which it isseparated by Magellan Strait, at the Narrows and otherpoints scarcely a mile wide. The group lies between52° 40 and 55° 59 S. lat. and 63° 30 and 74° 35 W. long,stretching nearly in a line with
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . gorous attack, in which ho inflicted, with a placid smile, afatal wound on his opponent. TIERRA DEL FLEGO, a large archipelago at thesouthern extremity of South America, from which it isseparated by Magellan Strait, at the Narrows and otherpoints scarcely a mile wide. The group lies between52° 40 and 55° 59 S. lat. and 63° 30 and 74° 35 W. long,stretching nearly in a line with the Patagonian Andes forover 400 miles north-west and south-east, between CapesPdlar and Horn, and for about 270 miles west and eastfrom Cape Pillar to Cape Espiritu Santo (Catherine Point)in the north; southwards it tapers to 120 miles betweenCapes Horn and St Diego, the latter being continued east-wards to Staten Island, which is not usually included i^the group. Although on ordinary maps this region pre-sents to the eye a hopelessly confused aggregate of islahds. 384 ,T I E R R A DEL F U E G O cbanncls^andTjord likelnleta, as if it had beeu submergedsufficiently to convert its deep valleys and gorges into. oecjiN, ^^^ ^rf.«?* > TIERRA OEf FUECOFuegiui Archipelago / ^ Map of Tierra del Fuego. iuarine passages, bays, and bights, it is nevertheless clearlyUisposed in three main sections, wliich may be convenientlyiiamed East, West, and South East Fuegia consists of the single island of KingCharless South Land (eastern Tierra del Fuego), which is|Very much larger than all the rest of the group together,being considerably over 200 miles long from north It obviously forms a southern extension of thePatagonian pampas, which it greatly resembles in its phy-sical constitution, climate, flora, and fauna. The low-lying, flat or slightly rolling plains are covered with a richgrowth of tall herbage, which is frcciuented by the rhea,guanaco, and other animals c
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