Inside the fringe of trees that lined this beach stretched what appeared to be a long strip of rolling meadow-land, reaching far up the hillsides.
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Monkeys, parrots and snakes abounded in the forest.

An occasional gay-plumaged bird of the toucan variety, but larger than the ordinary South American species, was seen, while large numbers of plump birds of the tinamou family went drumming off through the forest at the approach of the party.

Penguins strutted in complete "full dress" among the rocks of the southern shore.

A dead armadillo of extraordinary dimensions was found near the foot of the slope.