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I.—View near Middle Island, Messier Strait, Patagonia (p. 185), . . . Frontispiece. 
II—Porto Grande, St. Vincent, Cape de Verde Islands, ....... 30 
III. — H.M.S. “Challenger” in Betsy Cove, Kerguelen Land, ...... 64 
IV. — H.M.S. “Challenger” among the Icebergs of the Antarctic Ocean, . . . .74 
V. —Village of Ngaloa, Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands, ....... 96 
VI.—Puerto Isabella, Basilan Island, Philippine Islands, . . . . . . .118 
VII. —Natives of Humboldt Bay, Papua, .......... 132 
VIII. —Natives of Wild Island, Admiralty Islands, . . . . . . .136 
IX.—Wooden Idols placed at Entrance to Hut on Wild Island, ..... 138 
X. —Specimens of Wood-Carving from the Admiralty Islands—Carved Doorpost, Wooden Bowls, 
Bows of Canoes, ............ 140 
XI. —Valley on the West Coast of Tahiti, between Papeete and Papeuriri, . . . . 174 
XII. —The Extinct Volcanoes on Ascension Island, seen from Green Mountain, . . . 1S6 
XIII. —Chart showing the Track of H.M.S. “Challenger,” ....... 196 
TYPO ETCHINGS. 
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The Cloisters of the Convent of Belem, . .10 
Castello da Penha, Cintra, . . . . 11 
The Rock of Gibraltar, from the Sea, . . .12 
The Governor’s Cottage and O’Hara Tower, 13 
The opposite African Shore, . . . . 13 
The Storming of Badajoz, . . 14 
Funchal, Madeira, . . . . .16 
Na. Sa. de Monte, Funchal, . . . . 17 
Roadstead of Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, . 18 
Monument at Santa Cruz, . . . 19 
The Peak of Teneriffe, . . . 19 
St. Thomas, . . . . .22 
Negroes at St. Thomas, . . . . 22 
Club-house at Charlotte Amalia, . . . 23 
The “Varuna” off St. James Island, . . 23 
Somerset Island, Bermudas, . . . .24 
Walsingham Caves, Bermudas, ... 25 
Among the Oleanders, . . . . .26 
In Acadia, ...... 28 
On Bedford Basin, Halifax, . . . .28 
Princes Lodge, Bedford Basin, ... 29 
H.M.S. “ Challenger ” at Ireland Island, Bermudas, . 29 
Ireland Island, Bermudas, . . 30 
Castello Branco, Fayal, . . . . -32 
Monte da Guia, Fayal, . . , 32 
Horta, Fayal, . . . . . . 32 
Ponta Delgada, San Miguel, . . . , 33 
Gren’a House, Furnas, . . . . *34 
Val de Furnas, San Miguel, .... 34 
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Head-dresses at San Miguel, . . . .35 
The Roadstead of Funchal, .... 36 
Negress at St. Vincent, . » . . .37 
Mount Washington, Porto Grande, ... 38 
Porto Praya, St. Jago, . . . . -39 
Baobab Tree near Porto Praya, . . 40 
Birds at St. Paul Rocks, . . . . 41 
St. Paul Rocks, . . . . .41 
Catamarans, . . . . . .42 
Fernando Noronha, ..... 42 
The Hole in the Wall, Cape Placelli£re, . 43 
Piedade, San Salvador, .... 44 
Campo Grande, San Salvador, . . . -45 
Tristan d’Acunha, ..... 46 
Edinburgh, Tristan d’Acunha, . . . .47 
House-building at Tristan d’Acunha (Inaccessible Island 
in the distance), ..... 47 
Hut of the Brothers Stoltenhoff on Inaccessible Island, 48 
Interior of the Hut of the Brothers Stoltenhoff, . 49 
Crested Penguins at Inaccessible Island, . . 50 
Stoltenhoff Island. Nightingale Island, . . 52 
The Cape of Good Hope, . . . -53 
Mowbray, . . . . . .53 
Capetown, from the Deck of H.M.S. “ Challenger,” . 54 
Capetown and Table Bay, from the Kloof, . 55 
Camp Bay and the “Twelve Apostles,” . -55 
Government House, Capetown, ... 56 
The Astronomical Observatory at the Cape, . . 56 
Simons Bay, . . . . . .57 
