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GENERAL INDEX. 



Rain, scanty fall in northern Chile, 193 ; effect 

 on vegetation, 193, 194. 



Rancho (Span, pron., ran'tcho), a half-way 

 house, 111. 



Rastro, a track or trail, 109, 110. 



Recado (Span, pron., rd-kah'do), saddle of the 

 Pampas, 120, 128. 



Renous, a German naturalist suspected of 

 heresy, 132. 



Rio Colorado (Span, pron., re'o ko-lor-ah' do), 

 a river of the Argentine Confederation the 

 name means "red river" 30, 105, 110, 

 111, 182. 



Rio de Janeiro (Port, pron., re'o da zhah-nd'e- 

 ro\ or simply Rio, the capital of Brazil, and 

 bay of the same name, which means "river 

 of January, "38, 53, 84, 113, 114. 



Rio Negro (Span, pron., re'o nd'gro'), a river 

 formerly the southern boundary of the Ar- 

 gentine Republic the name means "black 

 river" 105, 110. 



also, a river of Uruguay, 126. 



Rosario (Span, pron., ros-sar'e-o\ a La Platan 

 town on the Parana the name means a 

 "rosary" 145, 147, 148. 



Ross, Captain, an English colonist of Keeling 

 Island, 203. 



Rouse, Mr., an English consul at Concepcion 

 in 1835, 186, 188. 



Ruminants, animals that chew again what 

 they have swallowed, as cattle do. 31, 32. 



S. 



ST. ELMO'S light, 53. 



St. Paul's Rocks, islands in the middle of the 

 Atlantic, nearly on the equator, 75. 



Saladillo (Span, pron., sah-lah-dil'lyo'), the 

 " little Salado " (or [hide] salting stream), a 

 small western tributary of the Parana, 147. 



Salina (Span, pron., sah-lenah), a salt-marsh, 

 44. 



Salinas, a salt-marsh region near Bahia Blan- 

 ca, 109. 



San Bias Bay, the southernmost in the Ar- 

 gentine Republic, 72. 



San Felipe (Span. pron.,/a7e>a) "St. Phil- 

 ip " an inland town of Chile, 159. 



San Fernando, an inland town of Central 

 Chile, 132, 159. 



San Luis, a town in the central part of the 

 Argentine Republic, 182. 



San Nicolas, a La Platan town on the Pa- 

 rana, 145, 147, 148. 



Santa Cruz (Span, pron., krooth), a river of 

 Patagonia the name means "holy cross" 

 42, 44, 67, 72. 



also, the chief town in the island 



ofTeneriffe, 155, 156. 



Santa Fe (Span, pron., fa), a town in the Ar- 

 gentine Confederation the name means 



" holy faith "46, 124, 146 ; plains, 149. 

 Santa Lucia (Span, pron., loo-the'aK), a river 



of Uruguay, 29. 

 Savage man, 92 ; mimicry, 95 ; keen senses, 



98. 



Scurvy-grass, 98. 



Sea-bed become dry land, 181, 182. 

 Sea-eggs, 100, 174. 

 Seal, piggish habits, 50 ; noise, 53 ; skin for 



wigwam covers, 99 ; flesh for food, 100. 

 Sea -otter, 52; plays with fish, 65; skin for 



clothing, 99. 



Shell-heaps of Fuegians, 98. 

 Shingle, sea-shore gravel, 182. 

 Shropshire, also called Salop, a western coun- 



tv of England, where Mr. Darwin was born, 



85. 

 Siberia, the northernmost country of Asia, 31, 



32. 



Silex, flint, 181. 

 Snails hibernating, 196. 

 Snow-line in Tierra del Fuego, 151, 176. 

 South Africa, ostriches in, 73 ; Kaffirs, 95 ; 



root-eating tribes, 103. 

 South America, extinction of the horse in, 



31 ; range of the condor in, 66. 

 South Sea Islanders, Pacific Ocean, 103. 

 Spain, the south-western peninsula of Europe, 



125. 

 Spaniard, cruelty to slaves and animals, 115 ; 



ignorance of natural history, 132; prefers 



traitors to cowards, 135. 

 Spider, surrounded by ants, 83 ; killed by a 



wasp, 84 ; kills a wasp, 85; hibernation, 195, 



196. 



Star-fish, 174, 175. 

 Strata, layers, 181. 

 Stru'thio rhea, the American ostrich, 71. 



