GENERAL INDEX. 



V The pronunciation of the more difficult FOKKIGN NAMES is indicated in parentheses (a as in fate ; 

 f as in equal; I as iu like; o as in tone; oo as in food). When not indicated, the chief thing to remem- 

 ber is, that a generally sounds as in father, e like a in fate, i like e in equal, u like oo in food. 



Span. = Spanish ; Port. = Portuguese ; Fr. = French ; Ger. = German ; Dan. = Danish ; Eng. = 

 English. 



Atlantic Ocean once at eastern foot of the 



Andes, 178. 



Atoll, a circular coral island, 198, 200. 

 Australia, the great island continent of the 



A. 



ACACIA, a tree browsed on by lizards, 60. 



Aconca'gua, one of the highest peaks of the 

 Andes, east of Valparaiso, 156. 



Acry'dium, a kind of grasshopper, 81. 



Adventure, Captain King's ship, in his survey 

 of Patagonia, 172,177, 214. 



Africa, 81, 126. 



Agouti (pron. ah-goo'ty), a rodent of the Pam- 

 pas, about the size of a rabbit, 123, 124. 



Albatross, 197. 



Amblyrhyn'cus, a kind of lizard, found only 

 in the Galapagos Islands the name means 

 " blunt-nosed "56, 58, 59, 78. 



America, fossil-bearing rocks of, 181. 



Andes, the great mountain range (Cordilleras) 

 of South America, 156, 178 ; snow and wa- 

 ter supply, 194. 



Ant, migrating, 83 ; enclosing prey, 84 ; at- 

 tacks an obstacle, 84. 



Antti'co, a volcano in south-eastern Chile, 188, 

 190. 



Apire (Span, pron., ah-pe'ra), a name given to 

 the Chilian miner, 130, 131. 



Apple-tree, mode of propagating in Chiloe, 

 products in Chile, 158. 



Aptenody'tes demer'sa, the jackass penguin, 

 65. 



Arched openings resisting earthquakes, 186. 



Arroyo Tapes (Span, pron., ar-roy'o tah-pdce'\ 

 a small stream ("Tapes brook") in Uru- 

 guay, 143. 



Southern Hemisphere, 50, 165. 

 Australian, native, 50; mimicry, 95; arts, 103; 

 capacity inferior to that of Ftiegian, 104. 



B. 



BAHIA (Span, pron., bah-e'ah\ a sea-port of 

 eastern Brazil the word means "bay" 

 83. 



Bahia Blanca ("white bay"), on the south 

 coast of the Argentine Confederation, 44, 

 63, 71, 73, 74, 109, 111 ; hibernation of an- 

 imals, 195, 196. 



Balan'dra, a small sloop, 144. 



Bananas, 162-164, 171 ; Tahitian mode of 

 cooking, 138. 



Banda Oriental (Span, pron., ban'dah or-e-en- 

 tahl'\ also known as Uruguay, a Spanish- 

 American republic adjoining Brazil on the 

 south the name means "eastern league" 

 48, 71, 126 ; trees and treelessness, 143 ; 

 comparative hilliness, 149 ; fossil remains, 

 150. 



Beagle, the ship commanded by Captain Fitz 

 Roy, in which Mr. Darwin made the voyage 

 round the world, 17, 172, 177, 213, 214. 



Beagle Channel, a Y-shaped arm of the sea on 

 the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego, 52, 

 101, 102 ; scenery, 151, 152, 175 ; glaciers, 

 153. 



