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I K D E X. 



whales, &c., 131 — climate, 141 — re- 

 passed, i86 — entered again, 311 — ■ 

 finally quitted, 312. 



Magdalen Channel, 60 — anchorage, 

 scenery, 61 — examined, 251 — direc- 

 tions, 252. 



Magnetic influence, unusual, 199, 200, 

 204, 382, 3B3, 384, 385. 



Maire Le, Strait, tides in, 455, 456. 



Malaspina, at Port 8*^ Elena in 1798, 2. 



March Harbour, 408, 424. 



Maria, a Patagonian, first interview 

 with, 18 — at Gregory Bay, 85, 86 — 

 visits ships, 88— obtains guanaco meat 

 for them, interview with on shore, 89 

 — acts as priestess, 90 — cupidity, 92 

 — 'toldo,' 93 — disappointment, 104 — 

 cordial meeting with, presents, 114 — 

 importunity, anecdote, 115 — scene in 

 toldo, 116 — re- visited, 183. 



Marian Cove, 71. 



Martin St. Cove, 198 — weather, ascent 

 of Kater Peak, 200, 201, 202 — gales 

 and williwaws, 203. 



Maxwell, Port, 199. 



Mesier Channel, entrance to, 331 — 

 entered by Adelaide, 333 — anchor- 

 ages, shores, trees, 334 — scarcity of 

 inhabitants, 345. 



Millar, Alexander Mr., death of, 321. 



Misery Mount, 234. 



Mitchell, Lieut., activity, 30 1 , 3 1 7, 319. 



Montes Tres, Cape, 167, 168, 169,322. 



Morton Island, 420 — tide between it 

 and Gold-dust Isle, 421. 



Mountains, canal of the, 347. 



Morrion El, 238. 



Mia-cena, near Cape Fairvveather, 9. 



Murray, Mr-, accident, 364 — goes to 

 E. end of Landfall Islands, 368 — in 

 distress, 369 — goes to Euston Bay, 

 375-378 — goes to Cape Desolation, 

 bad weather, 390 — severe gales, return 

 anxiously looked for, sends coxswain 

 back in basket-like canoe, 391 — loss 

 of whale-boat, 393 — search for her, 

 401, 402, 403 — goes away again, 407 

 — penetrates into channels leading 

 from Christmas Sound, 417 — goes to 

 head of Nassau Bay, 427— discovers 

 Beagle Channel, 429 — natives, 430 — 

 goes towards Cape Good Success, 



437 — extract from journal, natives 

 near Cape Graham, difficulties, 446, 

 447, 448. 

 Muscle Bay, 332. 



Murex at Port S^a Elena, 6 — (Magel- 

 lanicus) brought up by lead, 13 — found 

 in Eagle Bay, 37. 



Mijtilus, at Port S^a Elena, 6— at Port 

 Gallant, 133. 



Mytilus choras, at Chiloe, 290. 



Mytilus Magellanicus, at Chiloe, 290. 



Narborough, Sir John, quoted, 4, 5, 25, 

 76 — notice of Patagonians, 99, 123, 

 192. 



Narrow, English, described, 335, 336. 



Narrow, First, passage attempted, 14 — 

 cleared, tides, 15 — passed again, 110, 

 1 1 1 — tide- race before entering, 322. 



Narrovv, Guia, tides, 265 — passed by 

 Adelaide, 340. 



Narrow, Kirke, 347 — prospect after 

 leaving it, 348 — tides, errors, wider 

 channel, 349 — plan of Narrow, singu- 

 lar eddies, 356, 357. 



Narrow, Murray, tides, shores, natives, 

 woods, 439, 440 — channels near, 

 mountains, anecdote, wigwam, 441 — 

 tides, glaciers, 442 — disadvantages, 

 443. 



Nan-ow, Second, passed, 20, 85. 



Narrow, Shag, 139. 



Narrow of San Benito, 264. 



Narrow, White, intricate, 347 — agree- 

 able prospect, 348. 



Nassau Bay, 425 — master passes 

 through it, 429 — formerly Bay of St. 

 Francis, errors in charts, 433 — further 

 examined, 438. 



Nautical remarks, gales on the eastern 

 coast of Patagonia, entrance of Strait 

 of Magalhaens, 463 — Staten Island, 

 New Year Islands, 464 — passage 

 round Cape Horn, barometer, 465 — 

 barometer off Cape Horn, 466, 467 — 

 directions for passage through Strait, 

 468 — anchorages, 469, 470 — advan- 

 tage of passing Strait from Pacific to 

 Atlantic, 47 1, 472— further directions, 

 473, 474, 475. 



Neesham Bay, Indians near, 267. 



Negro Cape, 21, 22, 24, 215. 



