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schooner — Otter Islands — Williwaws — Sholl Bay — Cross tlie 

 Strait to the Island of Desolation — Tuesday Bay — Port 

 Churruca — Port Angosto — Swallow Bay — Meet our pro\ision 

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CHAPTEE XIV. 



Borja Bay — Tilly Bay — Fortescue Bay — Eleginus — Port Famine 

 — Sandy Point — Gentiana prostrata — Arrival of a party of 

 Patagonians — Wait for mail-steamer from Valparaiso, which 

 does not appear — Eeturn to the westward, and meet a 

 schooner with shipwrecked passengers of " Santiago " — 

 Keceive them on board, and convey them to Monte Video 

 — Excursions at Monte Video — Leave Monte Video to return 

 to the Strait — Eevisit the Gallegos Eiver, and find some 

 fossil bones — Eeach the Strait — Eide to Freshwater Bay — 

 Puma cub — Port Churruca — Port Taniar — Mayne Harbour — 

 Curious habit of Humble-bee — Isthmus Bay — Otter Islands 

 — Eemarkable sponges — An otter -hunt — Mount Burney 

 Good's Bay — Sholl Bay — Fortescue Bay — Gunnera lobata — 

 Wood's Bay — Eeturn to Sandy Point, and receive news of our 

 recall to England . . . . . . . .456 



CHAPTER XV. 



Eio de Janeiro — Excursion to Petropolis and St. Juiz da Fora — 

 Ascent of Tijuca Peak — Variety of ferns, etc. — Leave Eio — 

 Sargasso Sea — The Azores — Fayal — Eide to Caldera — Ferns — 

 Leave Fayal and arrive at Spithead . . , . .487 



