He described his first meeting with the native Fuegians as being "without exception the most curious and interesting spectacle I ever beheld: I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilised man: it is greater than between a wild and domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there is a greater power of improvement."
Describiu o primeiro encontro con nativos fueguinos como "sen excepción o espectáculo máis curioso e interesante que teña contemplado: non podía crer o grande que era a diferenza entre os homes salvaxes e os civilizados: é maior que entre un animal domesticado e un salvaxe, posto que no home hai un maior poder de mellorar."