CONTENTS. 



VOLUME II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Explanation — Natives of Tierra del Fuego, or Fuegians — Pas- 

 sages across theEqimtor (Atlantic) — Letters — Small-pox 

 — Hospital — Boat — Memory — Fuegians in London — At 

 Walthamstow — At St. James's — Beagle re-commis- 

 sioned — Correspondence with Mr. WUson — Fuegians re- 

 embark 



CHAPTER n. 



Hydrographer's Opinion — Continuation of Survey — Chain 

 of Meridian Distances — Efficient Arrangements — Repair 

 and raise Deck — Outfit — Boats — Lightning-Conductors 

 — ^Rudder — Stove — Windlass — Chronometers — Mr. Dar- 

 win — Persons on board — Changes — List of those who 

 returned — Supphes — Admiralty Instructions — Memoran- 

 d\mi — Hydrographer's Memorandum 17 



CHAPTER HL 



Ready for sea — Detained — Sail from England — ^Well pro- 

 vided — Bay of Biscay — Compasses — Local attraction — 

 Eight Stones — Madeira — Deception — Squall — TenerifFe 

 — Santa Cruz — Quarantine — Squalls — Cape Verde Islands 

 — Port Praya — Produce — Orchilla — Bad season — St. Paul 

 Rocks — Cross Equator — Fernando de Noronha — Bahia — 

 Slavery — Abrolhos — Cape Frio 42 



