CONTENTS. 



XI 



Reptiles Great Tortoises, habits of Marine 



Li /.ard.feeds on Sea-weed Terrest rial Lizard, 

 burrowing habits, herbivorous Importance 



of Reptiles in the Archipelago Fish, Shells, 

 Insects Botany American Type of Organi- 

 zation Differences in the Species or Races on 

 different Islands lameness of the Birds 

 Fear of Man, an acquired Instinct .... J57 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Pass through the Low Archipelago Tahiti 

 Aspect Vegetation on the Mountains 

 View of Eimeo Excursion into the Interior 

 Profound Ravines Succession of Water- 

 falls Number of wild useful Plants 

 Temperance of the Inhabitants Their 

 moral state Parliament convened New 

 Zealand Bay of Islands Hippahs Excur- 

 sion to Waimate Missionary Establish- 

 ment English Weeds now run wild 

 Waiomio Fuoeralof a New Zealand Woman 

 Sail for Australia 386 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Sydney Excursion toBathurst Aspectof the 

 Woods Party of Natives Gradual extinc- 

 tion of the Aborigines Infection generated 

 by associated Men in health Blue Moun- 

 tains View of the grand gulf-like Valleys 

 Their origin and formation Bathurst, 

 general civility of the Lower Orders State 

 of Society Van Dieinen's Land Hobart 

 Town Aborigines all banished Mount 

 "Wellington King ^George's Sound Cheer- 

 less Aspect of the Country Bald Head, cal- 



careous casts of branches of Trees Party of 

 Natives Leave Australia 414 



CHAPTER XX. 



Keeling Island Singular appearance Scanty 

 Flora Transport of Seeds Birds and In- 

 sectsEbbing and flowing Springs Fields 

 of dead Coral Stones transported in the 

 roots of Trees Great Crab Stinging Corals 

 Coral-eating Fish Coral Formations- 

 Lagoon Islands, or Atolls Depth at which 

 reef-building Corals can live Vast Areas 

 interspersed with low Coral Islands Sub- 

 sidence of their foundations Barrier Reefs 

 Fringing Reel's Conversion of Fringing 

 Reefs into Barrier Reefs, and into Atolls 

 Evidence of changes in Level Breaches in 

 Barrier Reefs Maldiva Atolls ; their pecu- 

 liar structure Dead and submersed Reefs 

 Areas of subsidence and elevation Dis- 

 tribution of Volcanoes Subsidence slow, 

 and vast in amount 434 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Mauritius, beautiful appearance of Great cra- 

 teriform ring of Mountains Hindoos St. 

 Helena History of the changes in the 

 Vegetation Cause of the extinction of Land- 

 shells Ascension Variation in the im- 

 ported Rats Volcanic Bombs Beds of Infu- 

 soria Bahia Brazil Splendour of Tropical 

 Scenery Pernambuco Singular Resf 

 Slavery Return to England Retrospect 

 on our Voyage 463 



