ns between
them? [Note 5.]

Like York, Jemmy has become a Benedict, and his wife is with him at the
fishing-station. They have also an "olive-branch," which has been left
at the other wigwamery--a daughter, who, if she grow up with but the
least resemblance to her mother, will be anything but a beauty, Jemmy's
"helpmeet" being as ugly as can well be imagined. Withal, she is of a
kindly gentle disposition, quite as generous as Ocushlu, and does her
best to entertain her husband's guests.

Notwithstanding all the hospitality extended to them, the castaways find
the delay irksome, and are impatient to be gone. Glad they are when at
length a shout heard from the hills announces the approach of the
hunters; and still more gratified at seeing them issue from the wood,
bearing on their backs the four quarters of a guanaco as large as a
year-old bullock.

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Note 1. The guanaco, by some supposed to be the llama in its wild
state, is found on the eastern side of Tierra del Fuego. Its range
extends to the farthest southern point by the Straits of Lemaire; and,
strange to say, it is there of a much larger size than on the plains of
Patagonia, with a rougher coat and a longer tail.

Note 2. Jemmy Button's "Oensmen" are the _Yacana-cunnees_, kindred of
the Patagonians, who at some distant time have crossed the Magellan
Strait, and now rove over the large tract to which Narborough gave the
name of "King Charles's South Land." They are a hunting tribe, the
guanaco being the chief object of their pursuit and source of
subsistence.

Note 3. _Myopotamus coypus_. It is found in many South American
rivers, and, less frequently, in Fuegian waters. In habits and
otherwise the coypu is much like the beaver, but is a smaller animal,
and has a rounder tail.

Note 4. Iron pyrites. It is found on several of the mountainous
islands of western Tierra del Fuego, and is much-prized by the natives
for the purpose indicated. Being scarce in most places, it is an
article of inter-tribal commerce, and is eagerly purchased by the
Patagonians, in whose territory it is not found.

Note 5. The robbery was actually committed. After being left at
Woolya, York and Fuegia found their way to the country that they had
been taken from farther west; but not until they had stripped their
former associate of most of the chattels that had been given him by
Captain Fitzroy.