[10]AninhabitantofMendoza，andhencewellcapableofjudging，assuredmethat，duringtheseveralyearshehadresidedontheseislands，hehadneverfelttheslightestshockofanearthquake。
[11]Iwassurprisedtofind，oncountingtheeggsofalargewhiteDoristhissea-slugwasthreeandahalfincheslong，howextraordinarilynumeroustheywere。Fromtwotofiveeggseachthree-thousandthsofaninchindiameterwerecontainedinsphericallittlecase。Thesewerearrangedtwodeepintransverserowsformingaribbon。
Theribbonadheredbyitsedgetotherockinanovalspire。OnewhichIfound，measurednearlytwentyinchesinlengthandhalfinbreadth。Bycountinghowmanyballswerecontainedinatenthofaninchintherow，andhowmanyrowsinanequallengthoftheribbon，onthemostmoderatecomputationthereweresixhundredthousandeggs。YetthisDoriswascertainlynotverycommon；althoughIwasoftensearchingunderthestones，Isawonlysevenindividuals。Nofallacyismorecommonwithnaturalists，thanthatthenumbersofanindividualspeciesdependonitspowersofpropagation。PreviousChapterNextChapterTheVoyageoftheBeagle-Chapter10TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinPreviousChapterNextChapterChapter10-TierraDelFuegoDECEMBER17th，1832——HavingnowfinishedwithPatagoniaandtheFalklandIslands，IwilldescribeourfirstarrivalinTierradelFuego。
AlittleafternoonwedoubledCapeSt。Diego，andenteredthefamousstraitofLeMaire。WekeptclosetotheFuegianshore，buttheoutlineoftherugged，inhospitableStatenlandwasvisibleamidsttheclouds。IntheafternoonweanchoredintheBayofGoodSuccess。Whileenteringweweresalutedinamannerbecomingtheinhabitantsofthissavageland。AgroupofFuegianspartlyconcealedbytheentangledforest，wereperchedonawildpointoverhangingthesea；andaswepassedby，theysprangupandwavingtheirtatteredcloakssentforthaloudandsonorousshout。Thesavagesfollowedtheship，andjustbeforedarkwesawtheirfire，andagainheardtheirwildcry。Theharbourconsistsofafinepieceofwaterhalfsurroundedbylowroundedmountainsofclay-slate，whicharecoveredtothewater’sedgebyonedensegloomyforest。AsingleglanceatthelandscapewassufficienttoshowmehowwidelydifferentitwasfromanythingIhadeverbeheld。
Atnightitblewagaleofwind，andheavysquallsfromthemountainssweptpastus。Itwouldhavebeenabadtimeoutatsea，andwe，aswellasothers，maycallthisGoodSuccessBay。