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INDEX. 



Quoy and Gaimard on stinging 



corals, 464 

 — on coral reefs, 



47G 



Rabbit, wild, at the Falkland Islands, 



193 

 Rain at Coquimbo, 338, 347, 348 



at Rio, 29 



and earthquakes, 351 



in Peru, 3G4, 365 



in Chile, formerly more abun- 

 dant, 357 

 , effects on vegetation, 



338 

 !?aiia Mascariensis, 382 

 i?at, only aboriginal animal of New 



Zealand, 427 

 Rats at Galapagos, 378 



at Ascension, 492 



at Keeling Island, 456 



Rattle-snake, species with allied 



habit, 97 

 Rod snow, 322 

 Reduvius, 330 

 Reef at Pernambnco of sandstone, 



498 

 Reefs of coral, 465 to 482 



, Barrier, 469, 476 



, Fringing, 472 



Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt, 66 



bones, 155 



salt and 



shells, 370 

 Remains, human elevated, 370 

 h'emedies of the Gauchos, 128 

 kengger on the horse, 233 

 Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego, 



237 



at Galapagos, 381 



Respiration difficult in Andes, 322 

 Retrospect, 50 



Revolutions at Buenos Ay res, 140 

 Rhinoceroses live in desert coun- 

 tries, 86 



, frozen, 89, 250 



Rhynchops nigra, 137 



Richardson, Dr., on mice of North 



America, 378 

 , on polished rocks, 



251 



248 



-, on frozen soil, 88, 

 - on eating fat, 1 1 7 



Richardson, Dr., on geographical 

 distribution, 131 



Rimsky atoll, 466 



ITio de Janeiro, 19 



Plata, 39 



Negro, 63, 149 



Colorado, 70 



S. Cruz, 177 



Sauce, 106 



Salado, Il8 



Rivers, power of, in wearing chan- 

 nels, 180, 320 



River-bed, arched, 358 



River-courses dry in America, 107 



Rocks burnished with ferruginous 

 matter, 12 



Rodents, number of in America, 49, 

 179 



, fossil species of, 82 



Rosas, General, 71, 103, 140 



Ruins of Callao, 369 



of Indian buildings in Cordil 



lera, 356, 368 



S. Cruz, 177 



Salado, Rio, 118 



Salinas at the Galapagos Archipe- 

 lago, 377 



in Patagonia, 65, 170 



Saline efflorescences, 78 



Salt with vegetable food, 110 



, superficial crust of, 364 



, with elevated shells, 369 



Salt-lakes, 65, 170, 377 



Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at, 

 382 



Land, 248 



San Pedro, forests of, 281 



Sand-dunes, 75 



Sand, hot from sun's rays, at Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, 377 



, noise from friction of, 361 



Sandstone of New South Wales, 43? 



, reef of, 498 



Santa Cruz, river of, 177 



Santiago, Chile, 262 



Sarmiento, Mount, 233, 241 



Sauce, Rio, 106 



Saurophagus sulphureus, 54 



Scarus eating corals, 464 



Scelidotherium, 82 



Scenery of Andes, 318 



Scissor-tail, 138 



Scissor-beak, habits of, 137 



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