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CHAPTEE XL 



Strait of Magellan — Port Famine — Ascent of Mount Tarn — 

 Forests — Edible Fungus — Zoology — Great Sea-weed — Leave 

 Tierra del Fu3go — Climate — Fruit-Trees and Productions of 

 the Southern Coasts — Height of Snow-line on the Cordillera — 

 Descent of Glaciers to the Sea — Icebergs formed — Transportal 

 of Boulders — Climate and Productions of the Antarctic Islands 

 — Preservation of Frozen Carcases — Recapitulation . . Page 231 



CHAPTEE XIL 



Valparaiso — Excursion to the Foot of the Andes — Structure of 

 the Land — Ascend the Bell of Quillota — Shattered Masses of 

 Greenstone — Immense Valleys — Mines — State of Miners — 

 Santiago — Hot Baths of Cauquenes — Gold-Mines — Grinding- 

 Mills — Perforated Stones — Habits of the Puma — El Turco 

 and Tapacolo — Humming-birds 252 



CHAPTEE XIIL 



Chiloe — General Aspect — Boat Excursion — Native Indians — 

 Castro — Tame Fox — Ascend San Pedro — Chonos Archi- 

 pelago — Peninsula of Tres Montes — Granitic Range — Boat- 

 wrecked Sailors — Low's Harbour — Wild Potato — Formation 

 of Peat — Myopotamus, Otter and Mice — Cheucau and Barking- 

 bird — Opetiorhynchus — Singular Character of Ornithology — 

 Petrels 273 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



San Carlos, Chiloe — Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with 

 Aconcagua and Coseguina — Ride to Cucao — Impenetrable 

 Forests — Valdivia — Indians — Earthquake — C/oncepcion — 

 Great Eartliquake — Rocks fissured — Appearance of the former 

 Towns — The Sea black and boiling — Direction of the Vibra- 

 tions — Stones twisted round — Great Wave — Permanent Ele- 

 vation of the Land — Area of Volcanic Phenomena — The con- 

 nexion between the Elevatory and Eruptive Forces — Cause of 

 Earthquakes — Slow Elevation of Mountain-chains .. .. 291 



