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INDEX. 



InsectSifirstcolonistsofSi.Paul's rocks, 10. 



blown out to sea, 186. 



Iquique, 442. 



Rater's peak, 233. 

 Kauri pine, 510. 

 Keeling Island, 539. 



birds of, 543. 



entomology of, 544. 



• Flora of, 541. 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 303. 

 King George's Sound, 536. 



Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 317, 



324, 417. 

 Lagoon islands, 540, 553. 

 Lakes of brackish water in Brazil, 24. 

 Lavipyi-is occidentalis, 34. 

 Lazo, manner of using, 50. 

 Lepvs magellanicus, 248. 

 Lichen on loose sand at Iquique, 444. 

 Lightning storms, 72. 



tubes, 69. 



Lima, 446. 



Lime changed by lava into crystalline 



rock, 5. 



, phosphate of, 90. 



Lion-ant in Australia, 526. 

 Lizard, marine species of, 466. 

 Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 195. 



, fossil species, allied to, 210. 



Locusts, swarms of, 4(i2. 

 Longevity of species in Molluscs, 97. 

 Lorenzo, San, island of, 451. 

 Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to 



support large animals, 98. 

 Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 423. 



on longevity of Molluscs, 97. 



on Siberian animals preserved in 



ice, 293. 



on transportation of boulders by 



ice, 287. 



on subsidence in the Pacific, 557. 



Madrina, or the godmother of a troop of 



mules, 384. 

 Magdalen Channel, 305. 

 Magellan. Strait of, 263. 

 Maldonado, 45. 

 Mammalia fossil, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 



180, 210. 

 Mandioca, 25. 



Mares, killed for their hides, 179. 

 Mare's flesh, eaten by the troops, 83. 

 Marine Saurian, 466. 

 Mastodon anguslidens, 152. 

 Mauritius, 570. 



Maypo river, 385. 



Melisiiga Kiiigii, 330. 



Meteorolites, 433. 



Mendoza, 404. 



Miasmita, 446. 



Mice, inhabit sterile places, 439. 



Millepora, stinging prop*- rty of, 552. 



Mills for grinding ores, 324. 



Milvuhis forjicatus, 163. 



Mines, 424. 



how discovered, 486. 



Miners, 418, 420. 



condition of, 323. 



Mining system in Chile, 317. 

 Missionary system at Tahiti, 493. 



at New Zealand, 508. 



Mocking bird, 62. 

 Molothrus, habits of, 60. 

 Monte Video, 167. 

 Mount Sarmiento, 306. 



Tarn, 265. 



Mules, 384. 



Murthison, Mr., on rocks from Falkland 



Islands, 253. 

 Myopotamus Coipus, 351. 



New Zealand, 496. 



Caledonia, 559. 



Noctiia cwticularia, 145. 



Noises from hill at Copiapo, 441. 



Noses, ceremony of pressing, 505. 



Octopus, habits of, 6. 

 Oily coating on sea, 19. 

 Ophryessa, 115. 

 Opuntia Ga'Uipageia, 460. 



Darwinii, 194. 



Ores, gold, 324. 



Ornithology of the Galapagos Islands, 



461. 

 Orpheus modulator, 62. 

 Osorno, volcano of, 356. 

 Ostrich, habits of, 105. 



, eggs of, 132. 



Otaheite, 480. 



Otter, Chonos Archipelago, 351. 



Owl of Pampas, 145. 



Palm-trees, sap from, 312. 



Pampas, number of embedded remains in, 



155. 

 Papitioferonia, 38. 

 Parana, Rio, 146. 



islands in, 158. 



Parrots, 163. 



Partridges, how caught, 51. 



Pas, fortresses of New Zealand, 498. 



