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INDEX. 



anecdote, 'cubba,' 191 — charm, saga- 

 city, local knowledge, pilotage, 192, 

 193 — mode of declaring war, honesty, 

 anecdotes, 195, 196— at Chiloe, 380 

 — former numbers, 3B3. 



Chonos Archipelago explored, 363-366 

 — notices, early voyages, 367-369 — 

 further remarks, 374-377. 



Cliupat River, discovered, 306 — de- 

 scribed, Spaniards, cattle hunts, 307 

 — entrance, 308, 309, 353. 



C'ive, Lieut., burial, 335. 



Clouds, remarks on, 65, 66, 502 — over 

 low land, 506, 507, 563. 



Cobija, 481. 



Cockburn Channel, bad weather. Beagle 

 under sail in, 359. 



Colcura, heights of, hamlet, 434, 435- 

 Coliumo, 417, 424. 



Colorado River, wolf seen near, 251, 295, 

 296 — communication with Union 

 Bay, 296— gale, ' freshes,' 302, 



Concepcion, earthquake, preceding signs, 

 402 — destruction of city, 403, 404 — 

 situation, anecdotes, 405 — mutual 

 assistance, 406 — waves, 413-417 — 

 elevation and depression of land, 420 

 — fossil shells, 421-423 — coal, 424 — 

 re-visited, re-building, houses, Peru- 

 vians, 476, 477 — country, 479. 



Conchali, smuggling, 426. 



Constitucion, vessel lent by Don Fran- 

 cisco Aguilar, goes with Mr. Usborne, 

 283, 284. 



, another vessel so named, 



lent by Don Francisco Vascunan at 

 Coquimbo, surveys coast, 427 — at 

 Callao, usefulness, 482 — bought to 

 survey coast of Peru, 483 — sails, 484 

 — (for proceedings see Sulivan, and 

 Usborne). 



Conway, H. M. S., passing through 

 quantities of pumice-stone and ashes, 

 108, 109 — receives crew of H.M.S. 

 Challenger, 479. 



Coquimbo, 427-479. 



Corcovado, volcano, 376, 394. 



Corrientes, Cape, rocks, 99 — reported 

 shoal, 292. 



Cruz, Santa, capital of Teneriffe, appear- 

 ance, 4^. 



^ river, explored, 336 — 



estuary, ])anks, ' steppes,' cliffs, 337 



barrenness, animals, climate, 338 — 

 mud-banks, tides, views, 339 — water, 

 340 — change of scenery, cold, 341 — 

 tracking, instruments, 342 — frost, os- 

 triches swimming, 343 — rapidity of 

 stream, smoke, Indian tracks, 344 — 

 ' Indian Pass,' rapids, windings, quan- 

 tities of shingle, 345 — heights, wastes, 

 want of fuel, 346 — temperature of air 

 and water, earth cliffs, progress, lava 

 cliffs, 347 — lava district, ' Basalt 

 Glen,' wild scene, 348 — mirage, drift- 

 wood, boat stove, Andes, 349 — gua- 

 nacoes, birds of prey, bed of river, 

 350 — views, weather, country, 351 — 

 walking party, direction of river, 352 

 velocity, trees, water, colour and tem- 

 perature, drainage of Andes, sources, 

 353 — Lake Viedma, or Capar, rivers, 

 floods, 354 — level of river, bones, 355 

 — wild cats, return, mountains, rapid 

 descent, fish, 356. 



Currents near Bahia, 60, Abrolhos, 64 

 — near Cape Frio, 70, 71 — in Plata, 

 93, 226 — from Tierra del Fuego and 

 Staten Land to Falklands, 242, 243 

 — near Mocha, 419 — extraordinary, 

 480— near Galapagos, 484, 486, 488, 

 496 — and temperature, 505, 562 — 

 Bay of Islands, 563— on passage from 

 New Zealand to Port Jackson, tem- 

 perature of water, 621 — near North 

 Keeling Island, 638. 



Cutfinger Cove, striking scenery, im- 

 mense canal, 202. 



Dangerous Archipelago (see Low Is- 

 lands). 



Darwin, Mr. Charles, volunteers as na- 

 turalist, 18, 19 — fossils near Point 

 Alta, 106 — pumice-stones, 108 — 

 accompanies party with Fuegians on 

 shore, 127 — goes in westward explora- 

 tion, 215 — saves boats, 217 — at Mal- 

 donado, 284 — plan?, 286 — at Argen- 

 tina, 288 — River Negro, 312 — obtains 

 interesting account of Indian attack 

 on Carmen, 314 — search for fresh 

 water at Port San Julian, 320 — 

 ascends Santa Cruz, 327 — goes away 

 at Chiloe vvith Lieut. Sulivan, 364 — 

 rejoins Beagle, 366 — excursions, 379- 

 425 — lands on James Island, 497- 

 500 — at Otaheite, 510-512 — notices 

 of natives, 522, 527, 543, 557— at 

 New Zealand, 570— arrival in Eng- 

 land, 638. 



