TElr-TUUii Al.lNGUOMl, GALAI'AGns IsLANI'S. 



CIIAl'Tl'lR XVII 



GALAI'ACi >S Ali( IIII'KLAGO 



Tlic mImiIc yi-'iup Volcanic — Xuii.bcr uf ciatci-. Lcallc-s Implies CulMny al fliailo 

 I^lan.l— laiiiLs Inland — Salt-lake in cralcr — Nalnral hislniy cl" llic yiuiip 

 I irnilhuldi;)-, curious linrhes — Kcpliles - -( iicat Uirlijisc,, llaliil.^ nT- Mainic 

 lizard, fc-cds i>n seaweed — Tcrrcsliial li/ard, bin ru« in_L; IkiIhi-, liu I ii\"ioii^ 

 Iinijurlance of reptiles in tlie Aichipelagu Fish, slielK, insects- Inilan) 

 Ameiirnn type of organisation — Differences m llic species nr races on dilleient 

 islands- Tanieness of the birds — Fear of man an aci|iiu-eil instinct. 



Scplciiibci- \'-,tli. — Tliis aixiiiiJclat;"o coiibisls dl Icii iiiiiicipal 

 islands, of which l'i\c exceed the others in si/e. 'l'he_\- arc 

 situated under the l^(|lialiii-, and Ijetween fiw and six litindred 

 miles westwai'd of the coast ol America '1 lie\' are ah bametl 

 of \-olcanic rocks ; a few IVai^-ments (jf L^ranite curiously ^la/ed 

 and altered b\' the hcitt can liardly be considered as an exce[)- 



