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GRATITUDE PORT LOUIS.
to establishing a missionary with the Fuegians who were in
Fngland, among their countrymen, was on too small a scale,
althoUj^h so earnestly assisted by Mr. Wilson,* Mr. Wigram,
Mr. Coates, and other kind friends.
I cannot help still hoping that some benefit, however slight,
may result from the intercourse of these people, Jemmy, York,
and Fuegia, with other natives of Tierra del Fuego. Perhaps
a ship-wrecked seaman may hereafter receive help and kind
treatment from Jemmy Button’s children; prompted, as they
can hardly fail to be, by the traditions they will have heard of
men of other lands; and by an idea, however faint, of their
duty to God as well as their neighbour.
That Jemmy felt sincere gratitude is, I think, proved by his
having so carefully preserved two fine otter skins, as I mentioned
; by his asking me to carry a bow and quiver full of
arrows to the schoolmaster of Walthamstow, with whom he had
lived; by his having made two spear-heads expressly for Mr.
Darwin ; and by the pleasure he showed at seeing us all again.
As nothing more could be done, we took leave of our young
friend and his family, every one of whom was loaded with presents,
and sailed away from Woollya.
On the 9th of March we were off Beauchesne Island.f Many
persons have fancied that there are two islands near together
in that place, having been deceived by two hummocks on the
only island, which from a distance show just above the horizon
like two islets. Next day we anchored in Berkeley Sound; first
in Johnson Cove, and afterwards in Port Louis.
We found a state of affairs somewhat different from that of
March 1833 ; but though more settled, in consequence of the
presence of an established authority, resident at Port Louis (a
lieutenant in the navy), my worst forebodings had not equalled
the sad reality.
In a note to page 240, I alluded to the murder of the Buenos
Ayrean commanding officer ; and to that of Mr. Brisbane. A
few weeks before the Clio arrived in 1833, there was a small
Of Walthamstow, I Near the Falklands.
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