INDEX 



545 



Sea, distant noise of, 314. 



Sea-pen, habits of, in, 217. 



Sea-weed, growth of, 255. 



Seals, number of, 302. 



Seeds transported by sea, 415, 479. 



Serpulz, protecting reef, 525. 



Shark killed by Diodon, 24. 



Shaw, Dr., on lion's flesh, 129. 



Sheep, infected, 460. 



Shelley, lines on Mont Blanc, 182. 



Shells, land, in great numbers, 



368. 



, land, at St. Helena, 515. 



, fossil, of Cordillera, 339. 



of Galapagos, 413. 



, elevated, 95, 143, 184, 270, 



364, 391. 

 , tropical forms of, far south, 



259. 

 , decomposition of, with salt, 



391. 



Shepherds' dogs, 163. 

 Shingle-bed of Patagonia, 86, 186. 

 Siberia compared with Patagonia, 



78. 

 , zoology of, related to North 



America, 144. 

 Siberian animals, how preserved in 



ice, 266. 

 , animals, food necessary during 



their existence, 101. 

 Silicified trees, 351, 373. 

 Silurian formations at Falkland 



Islands, 212. 

 Silurus, habits of, 149. 

 Skunks, 92. 



Slavery, 30, 33, 34, 525. 

 Smelling power of carrion-hawks, 



198. 

 Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support 



of large quadrupeds, 97. 



. on perforated pebbles, 162. 



Snake, venomous, 108. 



Snow, effects of, on rocks, 337. 



, prismatic structure of, 344. 



, red, 342. 



Snow-line on Cordillera, 261, 342, 



344- 

 Society, state of, in La Plata, 51, 



170. 

 , state of, in Australia, 468. 



Archipelago, 425. 



- Archipelago, volcanic phenom- 

 ena at, 500, 506. 



Soda, nitrate of, 383. 



, sulphate of, 89. 



Soil, frozen, 100, 265. 

 Spawn on surface of sea, 27. 

 Species, distribution of, 142, 384. 



, extinction of, 188. 



Spiders, habits of, 45-48. 

 , gossamer, 172. 



killed by and killing 



4S-48. 



on Keeling Island, 481. 



on St. Paul's, 20. 



Springs, hot, 280. 



Stephenson, Mr., on growth of sea- 

 weed, 256. 



Stinging animals, 489. 

 St. Helena, 512. 

 , introduction of spirits into, 



St. F6, 140. 



St. Jago, C. Verds, i. 



, C. Verds, unhealthiness of, 



387- 



St. Maria, elevated, 326, 328. 

 St. Paul's rocks, 18. 

 Stones perforated, 162, 285. 



transported in roots, 487. 



Storm, 232, 298. 



in Cordillera, 342, 381. 



Streams of stones at Falkland Islands, 



211. 



Strongylus, 43. 

 Struthio Rhea, 53, 105. 



Darwinii, 105. 



Strzelecki, Count, 472. 

 Suadiva atoll, 492. 

 Subsidence of coral reef, 492-508. 

 of Keeling Island, 500. 



of Patagonia, 186. 



of coast of Peru, 390. 



of Cordillera, 340, 352. 



of coasts of Chile, 365. 



of Vanikoro, 501. 



of coral reefs great in amount, 



504. 



, cause of distinctness in Ter- 

 tiary epochs, 366. 

 Sulphate of lime, 77, 184, 390. 



of soda incrusting the ground, 



89. 



of soda with common salt, 77, 



391. 



Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos, 63. 

 Sydney, 455- 



Tabanus, 185. 



Tahiti (Otaheite), 425. 



, three zones of fertility, 429. 



Talcahuano, 321. 

 Tambillos, Ruinas de, 377. 

 Tameness of birds, 422. 

 Tapacolo and Turco, 287. 

 Tapalguen, Sierra, flat hills of 



quartz, 129. 

 Tarn, Mount, 250. 

 Tasmania, 471. 

 Tattooing, 427. 450. 

 Temperance of the Tahitians, 435. 

 Temperature of Tierra del Fuego 



and Falkland Islands, 258. 



of Galapagos, 395, 399. 



Tercero, Rio, fossils in banks of, 139. 

 Terraces in valleys of Cordillera, 



334- 



of Coquimbo, 363. 



of Patagonia, 185, 195. 



Tertiary formations of the Pampas, 



93, 142, 1 68. 



formations of Patagonia, 184, 



348. 



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