Charles Darwin's Beagle diary entry
Christmas eve 1831:
"A blank & idle day." (The Beagle was in Devonport unable to start her voyage due to contrary winds.)
Christmas eve 1832, Tierra deo Fuego, close to Cape Horn:
Great black clouds were rolling across the sky & squalls of rain & hail swept by us with very great violence: so that the Captain determined to run into Wigwam cove. — This harbor is a quiet little basin behind Cape Spencer & not far from Cape Horn. — And here we are in quite smooth water; & the only thing which reminds us of the gale which is blowing outside. — is the heavy puffs or Whyllywaws, which every 5 minutes come over the mountains, as if they would blow us out of the water. —
From Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary on the Darwin Online site.
Tags: voyage of the beagle, Charles Darwin, christmas eve.
"A blank & idle day." (The Beagle was in Devonport unable to start her voyage due to contrary winds.)
Christmas eve 1832, Tierra deo Fuego, close to Cape Horn:
Great black clouds were rolling across the sky & squalls of rain & hail swept by us with very great violence: so that the Captain determined to run into Wigwam cove. — This harbor is a quiet little basin behind Cape Spencer & not far from Cape Horn. — And here we are in quite smooth water; & the only thing which reminds us of the gale which is blowing outside. — is the heavy puffs or Whyllywaws, which every 5 minutes come over the mountains, as if they would blow us out of the water. —
From Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary on the Darwin Online site.
Tags: voyage of the beagle, Charles Darwin, christmas eve.
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