ILLUSTRATIONS ix 



FACING 

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Valley of the " Coco-de-Mer," Praslin Island, 



Seychelles 130 



" Coco-de-Mer," Praslin Island, Seychelles . . 132 



" Coco-de-Mer," Praslin Island, Seychelles . . 135 



St. Pierre, Martinique, one year after the eruptions 139 



Leaf Insects from the Seychelles . . . . . . 142 



Female Leaf Insect from the Seychelles . . . . 146 



Tierra-del-Fuegians alongside the " Valhalla " in 



Smythe's Channel 165 



Gray's Harbour, Straits of Magellan . . . . 185 



Gray's Harbour, Straits of Magellan . . . . 188 



Human Skulls from Easter Island . . . . . . 192 



Pitcairn Island . . . . . . . . . . 208 



Wooden house built by the Mutineers of the 



" Bounty," Pitcairn Island . . . . . . 212 



Tautira, Tahiti 220 



SKETCH-MAPS OF THE VOYAGES. 



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Sketch-map of Voyage round Africa . . . . xxviii. 



Sketch-map of Voyage to the West Indies . . 138 



Sketch-map of the first part of the Voyage round 



the World 156 



Sketch-map of the second part of the Voyage 



round the World 238 



