Contents. 



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Ocean Bottom In the Mines Hot Springs Darwin Ex- 

 cites Suspicion Volcanoes Tame Birds The Myopota- 

 mus Predaceous Gulls Birds Killed by Them. 



CHAPTER IX. 



IN THE EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY . . . .89 



At the Bay of San Carlos Earthquakes Destruction of 

 Concepcion At Talcahuana Tidal Waves Poverty of the 

 Victims Elevation of the Coast Darwin's Coolness in , 

 Danger Narrow Escapes. 



CHAPTER X. 



IN THE RED SNOW COUNTRY . .... 97 



Valparaiso The Portillo Pass Land of the Red Snow- 

 Electrical Conditions A Swarm of Locusts Experiments 

 with the Reduvius A Forest of Stone Valley of the Copi- 

 apo Ruins at Old Callao Antiquity of Man. 



CHAPTER XI. 



AMONG THE OCEAN VOLCANOES . . . . 1 06 



Galapagos Islands Number of Craters Gigantic Tor- 

 toises Land and Marine Lizards New Marine Forms 

 Flora Number of Cryptogamic Plants Variety of Forms 

 on the Different Islands Tameness of the Birds. 



CHAPTER XII. 



IN THE GARDENS OF THE SEA . . . . T1 3 



Keeling Island Among the Corals Towed by a Turtle 

 Sagacity of the Birgos Stinging Corals Coral-Eating Fish 

 Theories Regarding Reef Structure Mauritius Extinc- 

 tion of Animals at St. Helena Return to England. 



