CONTENTS. 



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PAGE 



CHAPTER VII. 



Southern Aborigines of South America 



129 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Horse Indians of Patagonia: — Head — Physiognomy — Sta- 

 ture — Wanderings — Clothing — Armour — Arms — Food — 

 Chase — Property — Huts — Wizards — Marriage — Children 

 — Health — lUness — Death — Burial — ^War — Horseman- 

 ship — Gambling — Caciques — Superstitions — Warfare — 

 MoraHty — Disposition — Chups — Zapalios 144 



Fuegians — Form — Paint — Disposition — Food — Doctor — 

 Religious ideas — Superstitions — Marriage — Death — ^Bu- 

 rial — Cannibalism — Weapons — ^Women's occupation — 

 Training — Obtaining food — Fire — Language — Sagacity 

 and local knowledge — Battles — Ceremony — Natives in 

 Trinidad Gulf — Obstruction Sound — Potatoes — Dogs 1 75 



Set out to land Matthews and the Fuegians — Their meeting 

 with Natives — Supposed Volcano — Dream — Oens-men — 

 Scene — ^Arrival at WooUya — Encampment — Concourse of 

 Natives — Jemmy's Family — Wigwams — Gardens — Dis- 

 trust — Experiment — Westward Exploration — Remove 

 Matthews — Revisit WooUya — Gale — Sail for the Falk- 

 land Islands 202 



CHAPTER IX. 



CHAPTER X. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Historical Sketch of the Falkland Islands, 



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CHAPTER XII. 



First Appearance of Falklands — Tides — Currents — Winds — 

 Seasons — Temperature — Rain — Health — Dangers — Cau- 



