GENERAL INDEX. 



221 



China (Span, pron., tchenah), a young In- 

 dian woman, 106. 



Choiseul Sound (Fr. pron., shwah-zurl'\ on the 

 east side of the largest of the Falkland Isl- 

 ands, 124. 



Cholechel (Span, pron., tcho-ld-tchel), an isl- 

 and in the Rio Negro, La Plata, 108. 



Chonos Archipelago (Span, pron., tcho'noce), 

 on the west coast of Patagonia, 50 ; earth- 

 quake, 190. 



Chuzo (Span, pron., tchooth'o), a pike, 108. 



Cockroaches surrounded by ants, 83. 



Cocoa-nut, 138, 163, 171, 198, 199; opened 

 and stripped by crabs, 89. 



Cocos Islands (see Keeling), 86, etc. 



Colonia, a town in south-western Uruguay, 

 128. 



Combs of ladies of Buenos Ayres, 127. 



Concepcion (Span, pron., kon-thepth-e-on'}, a 

 town near the west coast of Chile, destroy- 

 ed by earthquake, 184-1 86 ; connection with 

 Juan Fernandez, 188, with Chiloe, 189, 190. 



Conchalee (in the Spanish form, Conchali), a 

 town on the west coast of Chile, rainfall, 

 193. 



Condor, a carrion bird, preys on the guanaco, 

 44 ; on goats and lambs, 68 ; plunders the 

 puma, 45 ; size and range, 66 ; lives on 

 steep cliffs, roosts on trees, egg-laying, 67 ; 

 how caught, 68 ; poor sense of smell, 69 ; 

 sharp sight, mode of flying, 70. 



Conglomerate, a mass of rock particles, 203. 



Copiapd, a town of northern Chile, fossil shells 

 and wood, 181 ; earthquake, 192 ; rainfall, 

 193 ; irrigation, 194. 



Coquimbo (Span, pron., ko-kem'bo), a north- 

 ern seaport of Chile, earthquake, 191; 

 rainfall, 193. 



Coral reef of Tahiti, 163, of Keeling Island, 

 198; resistance to breakers, 199. 



Coralline, a marine plant, 174. 



Corcova'do ("hunchback "), a volcano in the 

 southern extremity of Chile, 177. 



Cordillera (Span, pron., kor-del-yer'ah\ a 

 mountain chain in the foregoing pages gen- 

 erally the same as the Andes 45, 66, 67, 

 105, 109, 159. 



Cormorant, 51 ; playing with its prey, 65 ; de- 

 pendent on kelp, 175. 



Cornwall, the south-western extremity of Eng- 

 land, 129. 



Corral', a yard or enclosure, 111. 



Corrobery, Australian dancing- party, 138, 140 



Cotton, 184. 



Crab, plunders the noddy's nest, 75, 76 ; on 

 Keeling Island, lives on cocoa-nuts, 86-89, 

 in burrows, 89 ; yields oil, strong pincers, 

 89; found in kelp, 174. 



Cufre (Span, pron., kodfra), a post in Uru- 

 guay, 149. 



Cuttle-fish, means of hiding, change of color, 

 64 ; walks with difficulty, 64 ; inhabits the 

 kelp, 174. 



D. 



DARWIN, Charles, sketch of the life of, 17. 



Deer, the prey of the purna, 45. 



Demivolt, a mode of raising up his forelegs 

 to which a horse is trained, 119. 



Der Freischiitz (Ger. pron., derr frl'shets 

 nearly), "the free - shooter " name of an 

 opera by the German composer C. M. von 

 Weber, first performed in 1822 94. 



Dog, shepherd -dog's training, 37; cowardly 

 at the house, brave with the flock, 38 ; drives 

 off condors, 68 ; Fuegian dog not eaten till 

 old women are, 101. 



Dove, 76-78. 



E. 



EARTHQUAKE, of February 20, 1835, 183-192 ; 

 of 1751, 188; of 1837, 190; of 1822, 192; 

 effect on land and sea, 183 ; in upheaving, 

 184, 190; moral effect, 183, 186, 191, 192; 

 relation to volcanic eruptions, 188; subter- 

 ranean connections, 188, 189. 



Edwards, Mr., an English resident of Co- 

 quimbo in 1835, 191. 



Elephant, fossil remains in South America, 31, 

 32. 



El famo'so Corcova'do (Span.), "the famous 

 Hunchback" called "famous" to distin- 

 guish it from other mountains having the 

 same name, as, for instance, the Corcovado 

 in the vicinity of Rio 177. 



Emu, good swimmer, 72 ; male hatches the 

 eggs, 74 ; Emu dance among Australian ne- 

 groes, 139. 



