Note 13 — Chapter VII · SOUTHERN ABORIGINES OF SOUTH AMERICA.
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Falkner says (p. 93, speaking of this country), “It is evident that this place has the conveniences of wood, water, and soil; and, if there could be found a tolerable harbour, it would be much more convenient for a colony, and have a better command of the passage to the South Sea than Falkland’s Islands.”