CONTEXTS. 



Shepherd-Dogs Horses broken-iu, < Jauchos 

 riding Character of Inhabitants Rio Plata 

 Flocks of Butterflies Aeronaut Spiders- 

 Phosphorescence of the Sea Port Desire 

 Guanaco Port St. Julian Geology of Pata- 

 gonia Fossil gigantic Animal Types of i 

 Organization constant Change in the Zoo- 

 logy of America Causes of Extinction . 1 35 



CHAPTEll IX. 



Santa Cruz Expedition up the River Indians 

 Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava Frag- ; 

 ments not transported by the Elver Exca- 

 vation of the Valley Condor, habits of i 

 Cordillera Erratic Boulders of great size j 

 Indian Relics Return to the Ship Falk- 

 land Islands Wild Horse?, Cattle, Rabbits 

 Wolf-like Fox Fire made of Bones 

 Manner of hunting AVild Cattle Geology j 

 Streams of Stones Scenes of Violence j 

 Penguin Geese Eggs of Doris Com- i 



pound Animals 168 



i 

 CHAPTER X. 



Tierra del Fuego, first arrival Good Success 

 Bay An Account of the Fuegians on board 

 Interview with the Savages Scenery of j 

 the Forests Cape Horn Wigwam Cove- 

 Miserable Condition of the Savages Fa- j 

 mines Cannibals Matricide Religious 



' Feelings Great Gale Beagle Channel 

 Ponsonby Sound Build Wigwams and 

 settle the Fuegians Bifurcation of the 

 Beagle Channel Glaciers Return to the 

 Ship Second Visit in the Ship to the Settle- 

 ment Equality of Condition amongst the 

 Natives .' 191 



CHAPTER XI. 



Strait of Magellan Port Famine Ascent of 

 Mount Tarn Forests Edible Fungus 

 Zoology Great Sea-weed Leave Tierra del 

 Fuego Climate Fruit-trees and Produc- 

 tions of the Southern Coasts Height of 

 Snow-line on the Cordillera Descent of 

 Glaciers to the Sea Icebergs formed 

 Transportal of Boulders Climate and Pro- 

 ductions of the Antartic Islands Preserva- 

 tion of Frozen Carcasses Recapitulation 220 



> IIAPTER XII. 



Valparaiso Excursion to the Foot of the 

 Andes Structure of the Land Ascend the 

 IMl of Quillota Shattered Masses of Green- 

 stone Immense Valleys Mines State of 

 Miners Santiago Hot-baths of Cauquenes 

 Gold-mines Grimling-mills Perforated 

 Stones Habits of the Puma El Turco and 

 Tapacolo Humming-birds 241 



CHAPTER, XIII. 



Chiloo General Aspect Boat Excursion 

 Native Indians Castro Tame Fox 

 \si-en>l Sau Pedro Chonos Archipelago 



Peninsula of Tres Monies- Granitic Itangr 

 Boat -wrecked Sailors Low's Harbour 

 AVild Potato Formation of Peat Myo- 

 potamus, Otter and Mice Cheucau and 

 Barking-bird Opetiorhynchus Singular 

 Character of Ornithology Petrels 261 



CHAPTER XIV. 



San Carlos, Chiloc Osorno in eruption, con- 

 temporaneously with Aconcagua and Cose- 

 gn ina Ride to Cncao Impenetrable Forests 

 Valdivia Indians Earthquake Con- 

 cepcion Great Earthquake Rooks fissured 

 Appearance of the former Towns The Sea 

 Black and Boiling Direction of the A'ibra- 

 tious Stones twisted round Great Wave 

 Permanent Elevation of the Land Area of 

 Volcanic Phenomena The connection be- 

 tween the Elevatory and Eruptive Forces 

 Cause of earthquakes Slow Elevation of 

 Mountain-chains , 2T9 



CHAPTER XV. 



Valparaiso Portillo Pass Sagacity of Mules 

 Mountain-torrents Mines.how discovered 

 Proofs of the gradual Elevation of the 

 Cordillera Effect of Snow on Rocks Geo- 

 logical Structure of the two main Ranges 

 Their distinct Origin and Upheaval Great 

 subsidence Red Snow AVinds Pinnacles 

 of Snow Dry and clear Atmosphere Elec- 

 tricity Pampas Zoology of the opposite 

 Sides of the Andes Locusts Great Bugs 

 Mendoza Uspallata Pass Silicified trees 

 buried as they grew Incas Bridge Badness 

 of the Passes exaggerated Cumbre Casu- 

 chas A'alparaiso 300 



rllAPTER XVI. 



i ''M-t-road to Coquimbo Great Loads carried 

 by the Miners Coquimbo Earthquake 

 Step-formed Terraces Absence of recent De- 

 posits Contemporaneousness of theTertiary 

 Formations Excursion up the A r alley 

 RoadtoGuasco Deserts Valley of Copiapo 

 Rain and Earthquakes Hydrophobia 

 The Despoblado Indian Ruins Probal lie- 

 change of Climate River-bed arched by an 

 Earthquake Cold Gales of AVind X"iv^ 

 from a Hill Iqtiique Salt Alluvium 

 Xitrate of Soda Lima UnhealthyCountry 

 Ruins of Callao, overthrown by an 

 Earthquake Recent subsidence Elevated 

 Shells on San Lorenzo, their decomposition 

 Plain with embedded Shells and frag- 

 ments of Pottery Antiquity of the Indian 

 Race :'.'.':; 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Galapagos Archipelago The whole GroupA'ol- 

 canie Number of Craters Leafless Ru-he-* 

 Colony at Charles Island James Island 

 Salt-lake in Crater Natural History of 

 ther Goup Ornithology, curious Finches 



