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CHAPTER VIII. 



Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento — Value of an Estancia — 

 Cattle, liow counted — Singular Breed of Oxen — Perforated 

 Pebbles — Shepherd Dogs — Horses broken in, Gauchos Riding 

 — Character of Inhabitants — Rio Plata — Flocks of Butter- 

 flies — Aeronaut Spiders — Phosphorescence of the Sea — Port 

 X)esire — Guanaco — Port St. Julian — Geology of Patagonia — 

 Fossil gigantic Animal — Types of Organization constant — 

 Change in the Zoology of America — Causes of Extinction. 



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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 — Cordil- 

 lera — Erratic Boulders of great size — Indian Relics — Return 

 to the Ship — Falkknd Islands — Wild Horses, Cattle, Rabbits 

 — Wolf-like Fox — Fire made of Bones — Manner of hunting 

 Wikl Cattle — Geology — Streams of Stones — Scenes of Vio- 

 lence — Penguin — Geese — Eggs of Doris — Compound Ani- 

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CHAPTER X. 



Tierra del Fuego, first arrival — Good Success Bay — An Account 

 of the Fuegians on board — Interview with the Savages — 

 Scenery of the Forests — Cape Horn — Wigwam Cove — Miser- 

 able Condition of the Savages — Famines — Cannibals — Matri- 

 cide — Religious Feelings — Great Gale — Beagle Channel — 

 Ponsonby Sound — Build Wigwams and settle the Fuegians — 

 Bifurcation of the Beagle Channel — Glaciers — Return to the 

 t^]yp — Second Visit in the Ship to the Settlement — Equality 



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