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INDEX. 



anecdote, 'cubba,' 191 — charm, saga- 

 city, local knowledge, pilotage, 192, 

 193 — mode of declaring war, honesty, 

 anecdotes, 195, 196 — at Chiloe, 380 

 — former numbers, 383. 



Chonos Archipelago explored, 363-366 

 — notices, early voyages, 367-369 — 

 further remarks, 374-377. 



Chupat River, discovered, 306 — de- 

 scribed, Spaniards, cattle hunts, 307 

 — entrance, 308, 309, 353. 



Clive, Lieut., burial, 335. 



Clouds, remarks on, 65, 66, 50a — over 



low land, 506, 507, 563. 

 Cobija, 481. 

 Cockburn Channel, bad weather. Beagle 



under sail in, 359. 



Colcura, heights of, hamlet, 434, 435. 



Coliumo, 417, 424. 



Colorado River, wolf seen near, 251, 295, 

 296 — communication witli Union 

 Bay, 296 — gale, ' freslies,' 302. 



Concepcion, earthquake, preceding signs, 

 402 — destruction of city, 403, 404 — 

 situation, anecdotes, 405 — mutual 

 assistance, 406 — waves, 413-417 — 

 elevation and depression of land, 420 

 — fossil shells, 421-423 — coal, 424 — 

 re-visited, re-building, houses, Peru- 

 vians, 476, 477— country, 479. 



Conchali, smuggling, 426. 



Constitucion, vessel lent by Don Fran- 

 cisco Aguilar, goes with Mr. Usborne, 

 283, 284. 



, another vessel so named, 



lent by Don Francisco Vascunari at 

 Coquimbo, surveys coast, 427 — at 

 Callao, usefulness, 482 — bought to 

 survey coast of Peru, 4B3 — sails, 484 

 —(for proceedings see Sulivan, and 

 Usborne). 



Conway, H. M. S., passing through 

 quantities of pumice-stone and ashes, 

 108, 109— receives crew of H.M.S. 

 Challenger, 479. 



Coquimbo, 427-479. 



Corcovado, volcano, 376, 394. 

 Corrientes, Cape, rocks, 99 — reported 

 shoal, 292. 



Cruz, Santa, capital of TenerifFe, appear- 

 ance, 48. 



, river, explored, 336 — 



estuary, banks, 'steppes,' clitfs, 337 



barrenness, animals, climate, 338 — 

 mud-banks, tides, views, 339 — water, 

 340 — change of scenery, cold, 341 — 

 tracking, instruments, 342 — frost, os- 

 triches swimming, 343 — rapidity of 

 stream, smoke, Indian tracks, 344 — 

 ' Indian Pass,' rapids, windings, quan- 

 tities of shingle, 345 — heights, wastes, 

 want of fuel, 346 — temperature of air 

 and water, earth cliffs, progress, lava 

 cliffs, 347 — lava district, ' Basalt 

 Glen,' wild scene, 348 — mirage, drift- 

 wood, boat stove, Andes, 349 — gua- 

 nacoes, birds of prey, bed of river, 

 350 — views, weather, country, 351 — 

 walking party, direction of river, 352 

 velocity, trees, water, colour and tem- 

 perature, drainage of Andes, sources, 

 353 — Lake Viedma, or Capar, rivers, 

 floods, 354 — level of river, bones, 355 

 — wild cats, return, mountains, rapid 

 descent, fish, 356. 



Currents near Bahia, 60, Abrolhos, 64 

 — near Cape Frio, 70, 71 — in Plata, 

 93, 226 — from Tierra del Fuego and 

 Staten Land to Falklands, 242, 243 

 — near Mocha, 419 — extraordinary, 

 480— near Galapagos, 484, 486, 488, 

 496 — and temperature, 505, 562 — 

 Bay of Islands, 5613 — on passage from 

 New Zealand to Port Jackson, tem- 

 perature of water, 621 — near North 

 Keeling Island, 638. 



Cutfinger Cove, striking scenery, im- 

 mense canal, 202. 



Dangerous Archipelago (see Low Is- 

 lands). 



Darwin, Mr. Charles, volunteers as na- 

 turalist, 18, 19 — fossils near Point 

 Alta, 106 — pumice-stones, 108 — 

 accompanies party with Fuegians on 

 shore, 127 — goes in westward explora- 

 tion, 215 — saves boats, 217 — at Mal- 

 donado, 284 — plans, 286 — at Argen- 

 tina, 28S — River Negro, 312 — obtains 

 interesting account of Indian attack 

 on Carmen, 314 — search for fresh 

 water at Port San Julian, 320 — 

 ascends Santa Cruz, 327 — goes away 

 at Chiloe with Lieut. Sulivan, 364 — 

 rejoins Beagle, 366 — excursions, 379- 

 425 — lands on James Island, 497- 

 500 — at Otaheite, 510-512 — notices 

 of natives, 522, 527, 543, 557— at 

 New Zealand, 570 — an'lval in Eng- 

 land, 638. 



