The greatest part of the chapter ou " Sight in 

 Savages " appeared originally in Lon(jmiin's Mmja- 

 zinc ; the chapter entitled " The Plains of 

 Patagonia " is reprinted, with but little alteration, 

 from The Unicefsal Iievirw. Of the other twelve 

 chapters contained in this woi"k, six are based on 

 papers which have appeared in various periodicals. 



