CONTENTS. 



SECOND VOYAGE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Preparations for the Second Voyage — The Schooner Tartar selected and pur- 

 chased for the Purpose — A Matrimonial Contract — The Voyage commenced — 

 Island of Fernando Noronha, and the Roccas — Bahia, or the Bay of All Saints 

 — City of St. Salvador — Directions for entering the Harbour — Sail from Bahia — 

 Island of St. Catharine's — Island of Lobos — Rio de la Plata — Monte Video and 

 Buenos Ay res — The Falkland Islands — Strait of Magellan — Peninsula of the 

 Three Mountains — Social Affections of Seals — Moral Reflections . . . 143 



CHAPTER II. 



Peninsula de Tres Montes, and the adjacent Islands — Natives of the Coast — Bene- 

 ficial Effects of foreign Missionaries, promoting the Interests of Commerce — A 

 new Field for Missionary Labours — Archipelago of Chonos — Island of Chiloe — 

 Natural Productions — Town of St. Carlos — Religion, Character, and Manners 

 of the Inhabitants — Dress of the Females — Employments, Accomplishments, 

 and Amusements — Equestrian Exercises — Mode of Mounting their Horses — 

 Ponchos and Hammocks — The adjacent Country — Directions for Entering the 

 Port 157 



CHAPTER III. 



Bay and City of Valdivia — The Araucanians — Town ot Pelchue — Retrospective 

 Observations — Towns of Colema and Chilian — Province of Chilian — Arrive at 

 Valparaiso — Continue the Survey of the Coast — Province and City of Copiago 

 — Bay and Town of Pisco — Sailing Directions, &c. — The Bay or Roads of Cal- 

 lao — The Blockade and Siege of Callao — General Rodil refuses to Surrender — 

 The Tartar enters without Ceremony 168 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Port of Callao — Destruction of the Town in 1746 — Condition of the Place in 

 1824 — Closely invested by Land and Sea — Did not " catch a Tartar" — The City 

 of Lima — Sail from Callao — Arrive at Quilca — Visit the City of Arequipa — Sail 

 from Quilca — Arrive at Port Santa — Cruise along the Coast — Port of Guan- 

 chaco — City of Truxillo — Bay of Caraccas, and the surrounding Country — View 

 of Chimborazo — A Nation in the Clouds — Volcano of Pinchinca — Eruption of 

 Cotopaxi — Sail from Caraccas Bay — Arrive at Cocos Island 178 



CHAPTER V. 4 



Cocos Island — Gallapagos Islands — Eruption of a Volcano on Narborough Island 

 — Critical Situation of the Tartar — A fruitless Search for Gallego and otherima- 

 ginary Islands — Arrive on the Coast of California — -Island of Guadaloupe — - 

 Cerros Island — Bay of St. Francis — Near to our native Land, and yet far from 

 it — The Gulf of California and River Colorado — A new Route from the United 

 States to the Pacific Ocean — Old California — Cenezos Island — Port San Diego 

 in New California — Character of the Inhabitants, &c 191 



CHAPTER VI. 



A hunting Excursion — The Party attacked by a hostile Tribe of Indians — A des- 

 perate Battle — Victory doubtful — The Savages defeated — A safe Return to St. 

 Diego — Sail to the North — Arrive at Monterey — Mission of San Carlos and 

 San Antonio — Mutiny on board the Asia sixty-four — Farallone Islands — Port St. 

 Francisco — Description of the Country and Inhabitants — Mission of St. Clara 

 — Cape Blanco in the Oregon Territory — Change our Course to the South — *■ 

 Island of Socorro — Steer for the West — Sandwich Islands . , . . 203 



