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INDEX. 



InsectSjfirstcolonistsofSuPaul's rocks, 10. 



blown out 10 sea, 186. 



Iquique, 442. 



Rater's peat, 233. 

 Kauri pine, 510. 

 Keeling Island, 539. 



birds of, 543. 



entomologv of, 544. 



Flora of, 541. 



Kelp, or sea-weed, 303. 

 King George's Sound, 536. 



Labourers, condition of, in Chile, 317, 



324, 417. 

 Lagoon islands, 540, 553. 

 Lakes of brackish water in Brazil, 24. 

 Lampyris occidentalis, 34. 

 Lazo, manner of using, 50. 

 Lepus magellanicus, 248. 

 Lichen on loose sand at Iquique, 444. 

 Lightning storms, 72. 



tubes, 69. 



Lima, 446. 



Lime changed by lava into crystalline 



rock, 5. 



, phosphate of, 90. 



Lion-ant in Australia, 526. 

 Lizard, marine species of, 466. 

 Llama or Guanaco, habits of, 195. 



• , fossil species, allied to, 210. 



Locusts, swarms of, 402. 

 Longevity of species in Molluscs, 97. 

 Lorenzo, San, island of, 451. 

 Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to 



support large animals, 98. 

 Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 423. 



on longevity of Molluscs, 97. 



on Siberian animals preserved in 



ice, 293. 



on transportation of boulders by 



ice, 287. 



on subsidence in the Pacific, 557. 



Madrina, or tbe godmother of a troop of 



mules, 384. 

 Magdalen Channel, 305. 

 Magellan, Strait of, 263. 

 Maldonado, 45. 



Mammalia fossil, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 



180, 210. 

 Mandioca, 25. 



Mares, killed for their hides, 179. 

 Mare's flesh, eaten by the troops, 83. 

 Marine Saurian, 466. 

 Mastodon angustidens, 152. 

 Mauritius, 570. 



Maypo river, 385. 

 Melisuga Kingii, 330. 

 Meteorolites, 433. 

 Mendoza, 404. 

 Miasmita, 446. 



Mice, inhabit sterile places, 439. 

 Millepora, stinging pro[)erty ot, 552. 

 Mills for grinding ores, 324. 

 Milvulus forjicatus, 163. 

 Mines, 424. 



how discovered, 486. 



Miners, 418, 420. 



condition of, 323. 



Mining system in Chile, 317. 

 Missionary system at i'ahiti, 493. 



at New Zealand, 508. 



Mocking bird, 62. 

 Molothrus, habits of, 60. 

 Monte Video, 167. 

 Mount Sarmiento, 306. 



Tarn, 265. 



Mules, 384. 



Murchison, Mr., on rocks from Falkland 



Islands, 253. 

 Myopotamus Ccipus, 351. 



New Zealand, 496. 



Caledonia, 559. 



Noctua cunicularia, 145. =<> 

 Noises from hill at Copiapo, 441. 

 Noses, ceremony of pressing, 505. 



Octopus, habits of, 6. 

 Oily coating on sea, 19. 

 Ophryessa, 115. 

 Opuntia Gaiapageia, 460. 



Darwinii, 194. 



Ores, gold, 324. 



Ornithology of the Galapagos Islands, 

 461. 



Orpheus modulator, 62. 

 Osorno, volcano of, 356. 

 Ostrich, habits of, 105. 



, eggs of, 132. 



Otaheite, 480. 



Otter, Chonos Archipelago, 351. 

 Owl of Pampas, 145. 



Palm-trees, sap from, 312. 

 Pampas, number of embedded remains in, 

 155. 



Papitioferonia, 38. 

 Parana, Rio, 146. 



islands in, 158. 



Parrots, 163. 



Partridges, how caught, 51. 



Pas, fortrt-sses of New Zealand, 498. 



