CONTENTS. IX 



PAGE 



CHAPTER VII. 



Southern Aborigines of South America 129 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Horse Indians of Patagonia: — Head — Physiognomy — Sta- 

 ture — ^Wanderings — Clothing — Armour — Arms — Food — 

 Chase — Property — Huts — Wizards — Marriage — Children 

 — Health — lUness — Death — Burial — ^War — Horseman- 

 ship — Gambling — Caciques — Superstitions — Warfare — 

 Morality — Disposition — Chups — ^ZapaUos 144 



CHAPTER IX. 



Fuegians — Form — Paint — Disposition — Food — Doctor — 

 Rehgious ideas — Superstitions — Marriage — Death — ^Bu- 

 rial — Cannibalism — Weapons — Women's occupation — 

 Training — Obtaining food — Fire — Language — Sagacity 

 and local knowledge — Battles — Ceremony — Natives in 

 Trinidad Gulf — Obstruction Sound — Potatoes — Dogs 175 



CHAPTER X. 



Set out to land Matthews and the Fuegians — Their meeting 

 with Natives — Supposed Volcano — Dream — Oens-men — 

 Scene — Arrival at WooUya — Encampment — Concourse of 

 Natives — Jemmy's Family — Wigwams — Gardens — Dis- 

 trust — Experiment — Westward Exploration — Remove 

 Matthews — Revisit WooUya — Gale — Sail for the Falk- 

 land Islands 202 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Historical Sketch of the Falkland Islands 228 



CHAPTER XII. 



First Appearance of Falklands — Tides — Currents — Winds — 

 Seasons — ^Temi)erature — Rain — Health — Dangers — Cau- 



