CONDOR (SARCOKHAMPHUS GRYPHUs). 



CHAPTER IX 



Santa Cruz — Expedition up the River — Indians — Immense streams of basaltic lava — • 

 Fragments not transported by the River — Excavation of the valley — Condor, 

 habits of — Cordillera — Erratic boulders of great size — Indian relics — Return to 

 the ship — Falkland Islands — Wild horses, cattle, rabbits — Wolf-like fox — Fire 

 made of bones — Manner of hunting wild cattle — Geology — Streams of stones — 

 Scenes of violence — Penguin — Geese — Eggs of Doris — Compound animals. 



SANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA, AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS 



April \ ^th, 1834.— The Beagle anchored within the mouth 

 of the Santa Cruz. This river is situated about sixty miles south 

 of Port St. Julian. During the last voyage Captain Stokes pro- 

 ceeded thirty miles up it, but then, from the want of provisions, 



