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INDEX. 



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 — quoted, 340.. 



Sarmiento channel, passed, 341 — dis- 

 coveries, 342 — course followed, 346. 



Mount, first appearance, 26 



— height, 27, 28 — seen again, 1 30, 1 47, 

 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 voy- 

 agers' opinions, 123 — vain search, 458. 



Sedger River, mouth changes, remarks, 

 37 — trees, 38. 



Shags (corvorants), nests on trees in 

 Courtenay Sound, 404. 



Sholl, 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 mand of Beagle, 182 — superseded, 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 Penas, 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, 1 84, 1 85. 



Smyth Channel, 259 —fish, 260 — survey, 

 261. 



Snakes at Port S^* Elena, 6. 

 Snowy Sound, 237. 



Speedwell Bay, abundance of wild-fowl, 

 crabs, potatoes, trees, 332. 



Spencer Cape, 43 1 , 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, 9'.i — ordered to Port Desire, 

 108— arrival at Port Famine, iig — 

 proceedings during absence, 121 — 

 sails again, 124 — describes Bougain- 

 ville Harbour, 146— returns to Port 

 Famine, sufferings, illness, 150, 151 — 

 death, 153 — 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. 



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, 1 1 1 — 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 S'a 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. 



