VI CONTENTS. 



do not require a luxuriant Vegetation — Southern Africa — Sibe- 

 rian Fossils — Two Species of Ostrich — Habits of Oven-bird — 

 Armadilloes — Venomous Snake, Toad, Lizard — Hybernation of 

 Animals — Habits of Sea-Pen — Indian Wars and Massacres — 

 Arrow-head — Antiquarian Relic Page 103 



CHAPTER VI. 



Set out for Buenos Ayres— Rio Sauce— Sierra Ventana— Third 

 Posta — Driving Horses — Bolas — Partridges and Foxes — Fea- 

 tures of the Country— Long-legged Plover — Teru-tero — Hail- 

 storm — Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen — Flesh of 

 Puma— Meat Diet— Guardia del Monte — Etfects of Cattle on 

 the Vegetation — Cardoon— Buenos Ayres — Corral where Cat- 

 tle are slaughtered 135 



CHAPTER VII. 



Excursion to St. F€ — Thistle-Beds — Habits of the Bizcacha — 

 Little Owl— Saline Streams— Level Plams— Mastodon— St. F6 

 — Change in Landscape— Geology — Tooth of extinct Horse — 

 Relation of the Fossil and recent Quadrupeds of North and 

 South America — Eft'ects of a great Drought — Parana — Habits 

 of the Jaguar — Scissor-beak — King-fisher, Parrot, and Scissor- 

 tail — Revolution — Buenos Ayres — State of Government . 156 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento — Value of an Estancia — 

 Cattle, how counted — Singular Breed of Oxen — Perforated Peb- 

 bles — Shepherd Dogs — Horses broken-in, Gauchos riding — 

 Character of Inhabitants— Rio Plata— Flocks of Butterflies — 

 Aeronaut Spiders — Phosphorescence 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 — Causes of Extinction . . 181 



CHAPTER IX. 



Santa Cruz— Expedition up the River— Indians— Immense Streams 

 of Basaltic Lava — Fragments not transported by the River — Ex- 

 cavation of the Valley— Condor, habits of— Cordillera — Erratic 

 Boulders of great size — Indian Relics — Return to the Ship — 

 Falkland Islands— W^ild Horses, Cattle, Rabbits— Wolf-like Fox 

 — 'Fire made of Bones — Manner of hunting wild Cattle — Geolo- 

 gy — Streams of Stones— Scenes of Violence — Penguin— Geese 

 — Eggs of Doris — Compound Animals .... 227 



