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Singular breed of Oxen -- Perforated pebbles -- Shepherd-dogs -- Horses broken-in,
Gauchos riding -- Character of Inhabitants -- Rio Plata -- Flocks of Butterflies --
Aeronaut Spiders -- Phosphorescence of the Sea -- Port Desire -- Guanaco -- Port St.
Julian -- Geology of Patagonia -- Fossil gigantic Animal -- Types of Organisation
constant -- Change in the Zoology of America -- Causes of Extinction.
CHAPTER IX.
Santa Cruz -- Expedition up the River -- Indians -- Immense streams of basaltic lava --
Fragments not transported by the river -- Excavation of the valley -- Condor, habits of --
Cordillera -- Erratic boulders of great size -- Indian relics -- Return to the ship -- Falkland
Islands -- Wild horses, cattle, rabbits -- Wolf-like fox -- Fire made of bones -- Manner of
hunting wild cattle -- Geology -- Streams of stones -- Scenes of violence -- Penguin --
Geese -- Eggs of Doris -- Compound animals.
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 Horn -- Wigwam
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.
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 carcasses -- Recapitulation.
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 -- Grinding-mills --
Perforated stones -- Habits of the Puma -- El Turco and Tapacolo -- Humming-birds.
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 -- Opetiorhynchus -- Singular
character of ornithology -- Petrels.
CHAPTER XIV.
San Carlos, Chiloe -- Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with Aconcagua and
Coseguina -- Ride to Cucao -- Impenetrable forests -- Valdivia -- Indians -- Earthquake --
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.
CHAPTER XV.
Valparaiso -- Portillo Pass -- Sagacity of mules -- Mountain-torrents -- Mines, how
discovered -- Proofs of the gradual elevation of the Cordillera -- Effect of snow on rocks
-- Geological structure of the two main ranges, their distinct origin and upheaval -- Great
subsidence -- Red snow -- Winds -- Pinnacles of snow -- Dry and clear atmosphere --
Electricity -- Pampas -- Zoology of the opposite sides of the Andes -- Locusts -- Great
Bugs -- Mendoza -- Uspallata Pass -- Silicified trees buried as they grew -- Incas Bridge
-- Badness of the passes exaggerated -- Cumbre -- Casuchas -- Valparaiso.
CHAPTER XVI.
Coast-road to Coquimbo -- Great loads carried by the miners -- Coquimbo -- Earthquake
-- Step-formed terraces -- Absence of recent deposits -- Contemporaneousness of the
Tertiary formations -- Excursion up the valley -- Road to Guasco -- Deserts -- Valley of
Copiapó -- Rain and Earthquakes -- Hydrophobia -- The Despoblado -- Indian ruins --
Probable change of climate -- River-bed arched by an earthquake -- Cold gales of wind --
Noises from a hill -- Iquique -- Salt alluvium -- Nitrate of soda -- Lima -- Unhealthy
country -- Ruins of Callao, overthrown by an earthquake -- Recent subsidence -- Elevated
shells on San Lorenzo, their decomposition -- Plain with embedded shells and fragments
of pottery -- Antiquity of the Indian Race.
CHAPTER XVII.
Galapagos Archipelago -- The whole group volcanic -- Number of craters -- Leafless
bushes -- Colony at Charles Island -- James Island -- Salt-lake in crater -- Natural