OF TKB GALAPAGOS AECHIPELAGO. 453 



of his voyage, describes an eruption of a volcano in Narborough so intense that he was 

 obliged to slip from his anchorage to escape from the heat. 



HJI.S. ' Beagle,' Captain Fitz-Roy, with Mr. Darwin as naturalist, spent part of 

 September and part of October 1835 in surveying the Galapagos. Captain Fitz-Eoy's 

 ' Narrative ' and Mr. Darwin's ' Journal ' contain by far the most complete account 

 ever published of the archipelago. Both these works, especially the latter, are so well 

 known that it is needless for me to enter into any details respecting them. Mr. 

 Darwin describes the islands he visited himself. Captain Fitz-Roy gives a short account 

 of the chief islands of the group, partly gathered from his own observations, and partly 

 from the officers employed in making the surveys. 



Subsequently to Mr. Darwin's visit several surveying ships have called at the 

 Galapagos ; and in the narratives of the different voyages, accounts more or less com- 

 plete have been drawn up. These are for the most part descriptive of the scenery 

 and the physical features of the country, very little being contained in them having 

 any special bearing upon my present subject. An excellent summary of the various 

 accounts is given by Mr. A. G. Findlay in his ' Directory for the Navigation of the 

 Pacific Ocean.' But for the benefit of those who may wish to consult the original 

 works, I append a list of some of their titles, so far as I have been able to ascertain 

 them. Other useful matter will be found in Mr. Findlay's volumes just mentioned. 



In concluding this portion of my subject I may mention that an account of the 

 flora of the Galapagos, as far as it was then known, has been given in two papers by 

 Dr. J. D. Hooker in the 'Transactions' of the Linnean Society, vol. xx. pp. 163-262 

 (1847), and that a memoir on the large tortoises is in course of publication in the 

 ' Philosophical Transactions,' by Dr. Giinther. 



De Bey. Grands Voyages. Pars iii. 1592. 



Hawkins, Sir Eichard. Observations in a Voiage into the South Seas. Anno Domini, 1593. 



Dampier, W. a Collection of Voyages, in four volumes. 8vo. London, 1729. 



Hacke, W. A Collection of Original Voyages, containing Captain Cowley's Voyage round the 



Globe. 

 Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien &c. 8vo. London, 1699. 

 [See also Dampier, vol. iv. 1729 edition.] 

 Wafer, Lionel. ANewVoyage, and Description of the Isthmus of America. 8vo. London, 1699. 



[See also Dampier, vol. iii. edition of 1729.] 

 Rogers, Captain Woodes. A Cruising Voyage round the World begun in 1708 and finished in 



1711 ; with Maps and an introduction relating to the South Sea Trade. 8vo. London, 1718. 

 CoLNETT, Captain James. A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific 



Ocean. 4to. London, 1798. 

 Delano, Amasa. Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, 



comprising three Voyages round the World ; together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery 



in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands. 8vo. Boston, U. S., 1817. 



