PKEFACE. IX 



L. Sclater and Mr. Salvin ; Dr. Gray, Dr. Giinther, Dr. Baird, 

 and other gentlemen connected with the British Museum ; 

 Mr. E. F. Ffrench of Coquimbo (Chili), and many others at 

 home and abroad. I have in addition to thank Messrs. Water- 

 ston & Son of Edinburgh, for the careful manner in which 

 they have lithographed the sketches which were entrusted to 

 them, and Messrs. W. & A. K. Johnston for the exactness with 

 which they have rendered the Natural History illustrations, 

 which were drawn by myself, and which may, I hope, assist 

 in giving the reader a clear idea of some of the characteristic 

 forms of animal and vegetable life in the Strait of Magellan 

 and elsewhere. The name of Dr. Keith Johnston is a suffi- 

 cient guarantee for the accuracy of the chart of Patagonia 

 and the Strait of Magellan. 



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EOBEET 0. CUNNINGHAM. 



The F. C. Manse, Prestonpans, N. B., 

 Fehnmry 20, 1871. 



