TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



PREFACE I.-II. 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure from Havre — Tempest in the Channel — Harbourmg 

 in Weymouth — Nearing the Tropics — Dead Sea — Wonderful 

 Sunsets — Baptism of the Line — Crossing the Equator — Fly- 

 ing Fishes — Dolphins — Shark and Pilot Fishes — Sucking 

 Fishes — Fishing Petrels — Giant Albatross — Cape Horn — 

 Whalebone Whales — Cachalot Whales — Tempest — Juan 

 Fernandez Island. . . . . . . . . 1-9 



CHAPTER n. 



Arrival at Valparaiso— Excursions in the Suburbs — Humming 

 Birds — Gold Mines of Quillatas — Conquest by the Spaniards 

 — Dutch Expeditions in Chili — Description of Chili — Boun- 

 daries — Topography — Climate — Earthquakes — Volcanoes — 

 Lakes and Rivers — Actual Population — Santiago — Valpar- 

 aiso — Mercantile Marine — Railroads — Commerce — Principal 

 Articles of Importation and Exportation — Remarkable Ani- 

 mals — Llama and Alpaca — Chinchilla — Mole- Armadillo — 

 Condor — Chilian Humming Birds — Chilian Insects^Future 

 of Chili . ' 10-22 



CHAPTER TIL 



Departure from Valparaiso — Islands of San Felix and San 

 Ambrose — Phaeton and Frigate Birds — Bonito Fish — Eclipse 

 of the Moon — Dorado Fish — Passage of the Tropic — Tunny 

 Fish — Floating Varec — In Sight of San Francisco — Heavy 

 Fog — Pelicans, Porpoises, Sea Lions, or Seals — Bay of San 

 Francisco — Guillemots — Arrival at San Francisco . . . 23^32 



CHAPTER IV. 



San Francisco ini85 1 — Population — Frequent Fires — Summary 

 Justice — Abundance of Rats — Commerce — Desertion of 

 Sailors — Gold Placers — Exorbitant Prices of Certain Com- 

 modities — Gambling Hells in San Francisco — Free Fights — 

 Murder of Successful Miners — Expeditions of Marquis de 

 Pindray and Count Raousset Boulbon in Sonora — Death of 

 Marquis de Pindray — Capture of Hermosillo — Death of 

 Garnier — Battle of Guaymas — Execution of Raousset Boul- 

 born — Magnanimity of General Yanez 33-44 



