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INDEX. 



Sheep-farmers, 266, 280 



Sheep-farming district of Patagonia, 265, 



275 



Shell-fish, eaten by Channel Indians, 274 

 Shell Gap, 127 



weather observations at, 258 

 Shell-heaps, 150, 275 

 Shells, fossil, at Bahia Blanca, 16 



at New Bay, 19 

 Shepherds, 280 

 Sheuen River, see River 



Shingle, 17, 22, 23, 30, 33, 36, 37, 42, 58, 

 62, 100, in, 127, 181, 209, 237, 

 238, 239, 251 



deposition of, still in progress, 239 

 Formation, 17, 229,239, 285 



origin of, 221 

 Sierra Ventana, 16, nj, 243 



weather observations at, 258 

 Oveja, 225 



weather observations at, 255 

 Sink-holes, origin of, 163 

 Skeleton, finding a human, 113 



of a whale, 71, 223 

 Skins, cat, 46 



guanaco, 46, 268 

 horse, 270 

 skunk, 46 

 Skunk, 46 



Skyring Water, 232, 277, 291, 293 

 Slate, 143 



Sloggett Harbor, 278 

 ^ Smith's Channels, 232, 277 

 "Snakes, absent in southern Patagonia, 84 

 Snail, large ground, 204 

 Snow-storm, 175, 191, 196, 198 

 Soil, 61, 250, 251, 283, 286 

 Soldiers, Argentine, 16 

 Soler, Lake, see Lake 

 Song-sparrow, 83 



chestnut-crested, 68 

 crested, 42 



Sound, Obstruction, 291, 293 

 South America, mountains of west coast, 231 

 South American sheep-farmers, 280 

 Southern Cross, 19 



Sow-bugs at Laguna Leona, 41 

 Spain, miners from, 278 

 Spaniards, effects upon Tehuelches, 265 

 Spanish -American war, 190 



colony at Port Desire, 276 

 at Port Famine, 275 

 at San Julian, 276 



sheep-farmers, 280 

 Sparrow, black-throated, 68, 83, 121 



chestnut crested song-, 68 



chestnut crowned song-, 120 



crested song-, 42 



song, 83 

 Sparrows, 135 

 Spears, Mr. John R., 19, 31 



" Gold Diggings at Cape Horn," 19, 



31 



Spears of Yahgans, 274 



Speir, Mr. F., 4 



Speotyto cunicularia, \ 2 1 



Spiders, 84 



at Laguna Leona, 41 



Sponges, 19 



Spring Creek, 165, 189 



weather observations at, 256 



Spring in Patagonia, 78 



Springs, fauna of, 163 

 flora of, 163 



Spur-winged plover, 80 



Staaten Island, 154, 249, 277 



Stampede of horses, 182 



Stanton, Dr. T. W., 196 



Starfishes, 155 



Steamships of Patagonian coast, 276, 277 



Strait, Le Maire, 249 



Straits of Magellan, 18, 74, 92, 93, 149, 157, 

 158, 212, 215, 216, 217, 230, 245, 

 265, 271, 272, 275, 281, 287, 291, 

 293, 294 



Stream capture, 225, 243, 286 



Submergence, Pliocene, 292, 294 

 Tertiary, 246 



Sullivan, Captain, discovery of fossils by, 



2,37 



Summary of Patagonian geography, 284 

 Surf at Corriken Aike, 76 



