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CONTENTS 
CHAPTER X 
Tierra del Fuego, first arrival—Good Success Bay—An account of the Fuegians on 
board—Interview with the savages—-Scenery of the forests—Cape Hdrn—Wig¬ 
wam Cove — Miserable condition of the savages — Famines—Cannibals — 
Matricide—Religious feelings—Great Gale—Beagle Channel—Ponsonby Sound 
—Build wigwams and settle the Fuegians—Bifurcation of the Beagle Channel 
—Glaciers—-Return to the Ship—Second visit in the Ship to the Settlement— 
Equality of condition amongst the natives . . Pages 215-243 
CHAPTER XI 
Strait of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent of Mount Tarn—Forests—Edible fungus 
—Zoology—Great Seaweed—Leave Tierra del Fuego—Climate—Fruit-trees 
and productions of the southern coasts — -Height of snow-line on the Cordillera 
—Descent of glaciers to the sea—Icebergs formed—Transportal of boulders— 
Climate and productions of the Antarctic Islands—Preservation of frozen car¬ 
casses—Recapitulation . . . . . . 244-267 
CHAPTER XII 
Valparaiso—Excursion to the foot of the Andes—Structure of the land—Ascend 
the Bell of Quillota—Shattered masses of greenstone—Immense valleys—Mines 
—State of miners—Santiago—Hot-baths of Cauquenes—Gold-mines—Grind¬ 
ing-mills—Perforated stones—Habits of the Puma—El Turco and Tapacolo— 
Humming-birds 268-290 
CHAPTER XIII 
Chiloe—General aspect—Boat excursion—Native Indians—Castro—Tame fox— 
Ascend San Pedro—Chonos Archipelago—Peninsula of Tres Montes—Granitic 
range—Boat-wrecked sailors—Low’s Harbour—Wild potato—Formation of 
peat—Myopotamus, otter and mice—Cheucau and Barking-bird—Opetio- 
rhynchus—Singular character of ornithology—Petrels . . 291-310 
CHAPTER XIV 
San Carlos, Chiloe—Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with Aconcagua and 
Coseguina—Ride to Cucao—Impenetrable forests—Valdivia—Indians—Earth¬ 
quake—Concepcion—Great earthquake—Rocks fissured—Appearance of the 
former towns—-The sea black and boiling—Direction of the vibrations—Stones 
twisted round—Great Wave—-Permanent elevation of the land—Area of volcanic 
phenomena—The connection between the elevatory and eruptive forces—Cause 
of earthquakes—Slow elevation of mountain-chains . • 3 11- 333 
