596 
marks out city, colonists’ sufferings, 
goes to Rio de Janeiro 31—disappoint- 
ments, taken to England, 32 — his 
account of natives near Useless Bay, 
125— Campana de Roldan, 130 — 
discovery of Gulf of Trinidad, 158, 
159—his ‘ Abra’ opposite Playa Parda, 
312—dquoted, 340.. 
Sarmiento channel, passed, 341 — dis- 
coveries, 342—course followed, 346. 
Mount, first appearance, 26 
—height, 27, 28—seen again, 130, 147, 
252. 
Saxe Cobourg, Prince of, wrecked in 
Fury Harbour, 66—crew’s sufferings, 
saved by Beagle, 67. 
Sea-Bear Bay, 6—described by Nodales, 
193—animals, birds, 195. 
Seal, teaching their young to swim, 422. 
Sebastian San, Channel supposed, no- 
ticed by Nodales, 122—various yoy- 
agers’ opinions, 123—vain search, 458. 
Sedger River, mouth changes, remarks, 
37— trees, 38. 
Shags (corvorants), nests on trees in 
Courtenay Sound, 404. 
Sboll, Robert Lieut., interview with 
natives, 23, 24, 65—death of, 121. 
Skyring, Lieut., 77, 78, 165—takes com- 
mand of Beagle, 182 — superseded, 
188 — takes command of Adelaide, 
goes to survey Magdalen, Cockburn, 
and Barbara Channels, reaches Port 
Gallant, 241 — part company near 
Cape Upright, 249—meets Indians, 
256—near Cape Upright, 258 — 
searches for ‘ Ancon Sin Salida’ of Sar- 
miento, 261 — natives, 262 — tides, 
263—weather, 264—his journal, 266 
—sails for gulf of Peiias, 301—journal 
of proceedings, 323—examines River 
San Tadeo, 327—proceedings, 328— 
returns to Adelaide, 329—illness, 333 
—officers’ proceedings, 346—resumes 
duty, 347— disappointments, 350, 351 
—excellence of charts, 386. 
Skyring Mount, ascent, memorial, 253, 
254—described, strong local attrac- 
tion, effect on compasses, 382, 383— 
view from it, 383. © 
Skyring Water, 228—tides, land, birds, 
229. 
Skunk, or Zorillo, 184, 185. 
INDEX. 
Smyth Channel, 259 —fish, 260—survey, 
261, 
Snakes at Port S Elena, 6. 
Snowy Sound, 237. 
Speedwell Bay, abundance of wild-fow], 
crabs, potatoes, trees, 332. 
Spencer Cape, 431, 435. 
Steamer- Duck, or Race-Horse, 35, 36. 
Stewart Harbour described, its advan- 
tages, 406, 
Stokes, Pringle Captain, commands 
Beagle, 2, 18, 26, 28 — rescues crew 
of shipwrecked vessel, 65—journal, 
67 to 80—dangerous cruise, 73—skill 
and daring, 77—rides to Patagonian 
toldos, 92—ordered to Port Desire, 
108—arrival at Port Famine, 119— 
proceedings during absence, 121— 
sails again, 124—describes Bougain- 
ville Harbour, 146—returns to Port 
Famine, sufferings, illness, 150, 151— 
death, 158—unfinished journal, 154- 
181, 
Stokes, Mr. goes to explore Jerome 
Channel, 221, 225—narrow escape, 
232, 233—examines Hope Harbour, 
382—Fury Harbour, 384, 445. 
Success Good, Cape, 445, 448—shores, 
anchorage in bay, swell, 450—gales, 
451. 2 
Tadeo San, River, 323, 327, 328. 
Tamar Cape, weather off, 72—Beagle 
in Bay of, 73—returns three times, 74. 
Tarn, Mr., 4—excursion to Eagle Bay, 
35— ascends Mount Tarn, 40, 42 
—interview with natives, 61—sum- 
mit of Table Land, 111— Laredo Bay, 
117—in Adelaide, 143. 149—with 
Patagonians, 151—signal-fire, guana- 
coes, 194. 
Tarn Mount, ascent of, 40-—tempera- 
ture, observations, descent, 42, 43. 
Teal found at Port Sta Elena, 5. 
Tower Rock near Port Desire, remark- 
able, Narborough’s description, 192. 
Tower Rocks, off Noir Island, 388. 
Tower, rock like, near Aguirre Bay, 
447. 
Trinidad Sanctisima, Golfo de la, 158. 
Tres Puntas Cape, 158, 161. 
