Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

TABLE IV. OUTER, OR SEA COAST, OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO. In order to adapt the longitudes of the places mentioned in this Table to the meridians of Port Famine and St. Martin Cove, at Cape Horn, the following corrections* have been made to Cap- tain Fitz- Roy's chronometrical results, viz : — Townshend Harbours r o' ii"' to the Eastward of Captain Fitz- Roy's chro- nometrical deductions. Stewart Harbour Doris Cove March Harbour Good Success Bay • have been placed o 23 33 1 6 U 2 o ^ By Captain Fitz- Roy's observations St. Martin Cove would be in long. 67° 31' 18", which is 2' 15" to the Westward of the mean of upwards of thirty chronometrical results from Montevideo. The difference has, therefore, been equally divided betvveen North Cove and St. Martin Cove the longitude of the latter being taken at 67° 2g' 03", and of Port Famine at 70° 54'. o to 3 •a 03 Name of Place. Dislocation Har. Week Islands. Latitude Bay Deepwater Snd. Laura Basm ... Noir Roads ... Cape Noir Tower Rock ... Cape Gloucester Fury Harbour .. Isabella Sound North Cove ... Mount Skjrring St. Paul TownshendHar. CapeCastlereagh Stewart Harbour Doris Cove Cape Alikhoolip York Minster. Particular Spot. Near the projecting pt. Saturday Harbour West point of entrance Latitude South. North point Penguin Point Extremity South Easternmost ... Summit Island in the entrance Summit South-east Peak Uslet on N. side ofHarb. Extremity E. side of Shelter Island East Point entrance, Extremity Summit O / // ©52 54 13 53 11 26 053 18 40 ©53 34 58 054 06 58 54 28 15 54 30 00 54 37 05 54 30 00 54 28 00 ©54 13 00 54 24 26 54 24 44 54 39 48 354 42 15 54 56 40 054 54 24 054 58 45 55 11 55 55 24 30 Variat. East. Tide. Longitude West. H. W. at F. & C. Direction of Flood, and Rise of Tide. " / // C.74 33 03 / 23 53 H. M. 1 40 4 74 14 36 24 2 4 C. 74 12 6 23 56 2 5 4 C. 73 34 46 C. 73 15 20 1 4 72 56 00 24 40 2 30 4 73 01 30 25 00 72 59 00 73 01 30 72 14 00 24 30 2 30 4 C. 72 14 46 24 30 2 30 4 72 07 40 71 56 50 C. 71 51 49 24 34 1 30 4 71 25 00 71 25 05 24 14 2 50 4 71 05 35 24 16 3 4 70 47 50 70 01 50 * In the Appendix to the second volume these alterations are discussed.— R.F. continued.