CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER L 



Port > Praya Ribeira Grande Atmospheric 

 Dust with Infusoria Habits of a Sea-slug 

 and Cuttle-fish St. Paul's Rocks, non- 

 volcanic Singular Incrustations Insects 

 the first Colonists of Islands Fernando 

 Noronha Bahia Burnished Rocks 

 Habits of a Diodon Pelagic Confervse 

 and Infusoria Causes of discoloured 

 Sea i 



CHAPTER II. 



Rio de Janeiro Excursion north of Cape 

 Frio Great Evaporation Slavery Boto- 

 fogo Bay Terrestrial Planariae Clouds 

 on the Corcovado Heavy Rain Musical 

 Frogs Phosphorescent Insects Elater, 

 Springing Powers of Blue Haze Noise 

 made by a Butterfly Entomology Ants 

 Wasp killing a Spider Parasitical 

 Spider Artifices of an Epeira Gre- 

 garious Spider Spider with an Unsym- 

 metrical Web 14 



CHAPTER III. 



Monte Video Maldonado Excursion to R. 

 Polanco Lazo and Bolas Partridges 

 Absence of Trees Deer Capybara, or 

 River Hog Tucutuco Mololhrus, Cuc- 

 koo-like Habits Tyrant Flycatcher 

 Mocking-bird Carrion Hawks Tubes 

 formed by Lightning House struck . 38 



CHAPTER IV. 



Rio Negro Estancias attacked by the 

 Indians Salt Lakes Flamingoes R. 

 Negro to R. Colorado Sacred Tree 

 Patagonian Hare Indian Families 

 General Rosas Proceed to Bahia Blanca 

 Sand Dunes Negro Lieutenant Bahia 

 Blanca Saline Incrsstations Punta Alta 

 Zorillo 45 



CHAPTER V. 



Bahia Blanca Geology Numerous gigan- 

 tic extinct Quadrupeds Recent Extinc- 

 tion Longevity of Species Large 



Animals do not require a Luxuriant 

 Vegetation Southern Africa Siberian 

 Fossils Two Species of Ostrich Habita 

 of Oven-bird Armadilloes Venomous 

 Snake, Toad, Lizard Hybernation of 

 Animals Habits of Sea-Pen Indian 

 Wars and Massacres Arrow-head 

 Antiquarian Relic 58 



CHAPTER VI. 



Set out for Buenos Ayres Rio Sauce 

 Sierra Ventana Third Posta Driving 

 Horses Bolas Partridges and Foxes- 

 Features of the Country Long-legged 

 Plover Teru-tero Hailstorm Natural 

 Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen 

 Flesh of Puma Meat Diet Guardia del 

 Monte Effects of Cattle on ths Vegetation 

 Cardoon Buenos A3Tes Corral where 

 Cattle are slaughtered 76 



CHAPTER VII. 



Excursion to St. Fe Thistle-Beds Habits 

 of the Bizcacha Little Owl Saline 

 Streams Level Plains Mastodon St. 

 Fe Change in Landscape Geology 

 Tooth of extinct Horse Relation of the 

 Fossil and recent Quadrupeds of North 

 and South America Effects of a great 

 Drought Parana Habits of the Jaguar 

 Scissor-beak King-fisher, Parrot, and 

 Scissor-tail Revolution Buenos Ayres 

 State of Government 88 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Excursion to Colonia del Sacra mi en to 

 Value of an Estancia Cattle, how counted 

 Singular Breed of Oxen Perforated 

 Pebbles Shepherd-D9gs Horses bro- 

 ken-in, Gauchos Riding Character of 

 Inhabitants Rio Plata Flocks of Butter- 

 flies Aeronaut Spiders Phosphores- 

 cence of the Sea Port Desire Guanaco 

 Port St. Julian Geology of Patagonia 

 Fossil gigantic Animal Types of 

 Organization constant Change in the 

 Zoology of America Caust A of Extinc- 

 tion , , J3 



