CONTENTS 



OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER I. 



Porto Praya — Ribeira Grande — Atmospheric Dust with Infusorii 

 — Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish— St. Paul's Rocks, non- 

 volcanic — Singular Incrustations — Insects the lirst Colonists of 

 Islands — Fernando Noronha— Bahia — Burnished Rocks— Hab- 

 its of a Diodon — Pelagic Confervas and Infusoria — Causes ol 

 discoloured Sea Page 1 



CHAPTER 11. 



Rio de Janeiro — Excursion North of Cape Frio— Great Evapora- 

 tion — Slavery — Botofogo Bay — Terrestrial Planariae — Clouds 

 on the Corcovado — Heavy Rain — Musical Frogs— Phosphores- 

 cent Insects — Elater, springing Powers of— Blue Haze — Noise 

 made by a Butterfly— Entomology— Ants— Wasp killing a Spi- 

 der — Parasitical Spider — Artifices of an Epeira— Gregarious 

 Spider— Spider with an unsymmetrical Web . . .23 



CHAPTER HI. 



Monte Video — Maldonado — Excursion to R. Polanco — Lazo and 

 Bolas — Partridges — Absence of Trees— Deer — Capybara, or 

 River Hog — Tucutuco — Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits — Ty- 

 rant Flycatcher— Mocking-bird — Carrion Hawks — Tubes form- 

 ed by Lightning — House struck 49 



CHAPTER IV. 



Rio Negro — Estancias attacked by the Indians — Salt Lakes — 

 Flamingoes — R. Negro to R. Colorado — Sacred Tree— Patago- 

 nian Hare — Indian Families — General Rosas — Proceed to Ba- 

 hia Blanca — Sand Dunes — Negro Lieutenant — Bahia Blanca — 

 Saline Incrustations— Punta Alta — Zorillo . . 80 



CHAPTER V. 



Bahia Blanca— Geology— Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds 



—Recent Extinction— Longevity of Species — Large Animals 



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