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On this day ... 20 January 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook Joseph Banks Hawkesworth Terra del Fuego References Index Search Contact us
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Terra del Fuego (continued) * An animal something like a sheep, but of the size of a mule, and has a thick fleece. These poor Indians live in a village [see pl. II.] on the south side of the bay, behind a hill; the number of their huts is about thirteen, and they contain near fifty people, who seem to be all the inhabitants of this dreary part of the island, where it is very cold, even in the midst of summer. Their huts are made of the branches of trees, covered with guanica and seal skins; and, at best, are but wretched habitations for human beings to dwell in. Their food is the flesh of seals and shell-fish, particularly muscles, of which we have seen some very large.
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