Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Vol. 3 [of 3] · Charles Darwin
MR. DARWIN’S JOURNAL.
Aborigines banished from Van Diemen’s Land, 533. ---- of New South Wales, 519. ---- extermination of, 520. Absence of coral formations in certain seas, 562. ---- of trees in Pampas, 53. Aconcagua, river of, 415. ----, volcano of, 308. Advice to collectors, 598. Africa, Southern part desert, yet supports large animals, 98. Agouti, habits of, 81. Albemarle Island, 457. _Alcedo Americana_, 162. Alluvium stratified in Andes, 387. _Amblyrhyncus subcristatus_, 469. ---- _cristatus_, 466. _Anas brachyptera_, 457. Animal, extinct, allied to the Camelidæ, 208. Animalcula, pelagic, 16. Angra, capital of Terceira, 594. Antarctic islands, 272. Antipodes, 496. Ants of Brazil, 37. Apires, or miners, 420. Aplysia, 5. Apple-trees, 363. _Aptenodytes demersa_, 256. Areas of alternate movements in the Pacific and Indian oceans, 563. Armadillo-like covering of fossil animals in South America, 181. Armadilloes, habits of, 113. Arrow-head found in Pampas, 123. Ascension, 586. Australia, 515. Australian barrier, 556. Azores, 594. Bahia Blanca, 89-123. Bahia, Brazil, 11. ----, scenery of, 589. Bald Head, Australia, 537. Ballenar, Chile, 428. Banda Oriental, 169. Barking bird, 352. Basaltic platform of Santa Cruz, 216. Bathurst, Australia, 528. Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 496. Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, 237. ----, scenery of, 240. Beetles alive in sea, 186. Beetles, dung-feeders, 583. Bell of Quillota, 312. Berkeley Sound, 245. Birds, species peculiar to certain islands in the Galapagos Archipelago, 475.
Birds, tameness of, 475. _Birgos latro_, 551. Bizcacha, habits of, 143. Bolas, manner of using, 50. Bones, of the guanaco collected in certain spots, 197. Boulders of Tierra del Fuego, 267. Bramador, El, 441. Brazil, great area of granite, 12. Buenos Ayres, 140. Bug of Pampas, 403. Bulimus, on desert places, 426. ----, extinct species of, 582. Burchell, Mr., travels of, 101. Butterflies, flocks of, 185. Butterfly producing clicking sound, 38. Bynoe, Mr., account of floating ice, 283. Cacti, 318. Calasoma, on wing out at sea, 185. Calcareous casts of branches and roots of trees at King George’s Sound, 537. Calcareous incrustations on rocks of Ascension, 587. Callao, 446. _Calomys bizcacha_, 143. Camelidæ, fossil animal allied to, 210. Cape of Good Hope, 573. Capybara, or carpincho, 57. Caracara, or Carrancha, 64. _Carcharias megalodon_, 423. Cardoon, beds of, 138. Carrion hawks, 63. Casuchas, 413. Castro, Chiloe, 338. _Cathartes atratus_, 68. Cattle, effects of their grazing on the vegetation, 137. Cattle wild at the Falkland Islands, 247. Cauquenes, hot springs of, 321. Cause of extinction of species among mammalia, 210. ---- of discoloured sea, 18. _Cavia Patagonica_, 81. _Cervus campestris_, 51. Chacao, Chiloe, 335. Chalk, formation of, 553. Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 456. Cheucau, 351. Chile, 308. ----, features of country, 311. Chiloe, 333, 356. ----, forests of, 358. ----, roads of, 357.
Chonos Archipelago, 342. ---- ----, vegetation of, 349. ---- ----, ornithology of, 353. Chupat, Rio, 125. Clearness of atmosphere within Andes, 398. Clouds of vapour after rain, 27. ---- on Corcovado, 33. _Colias edusa_, flocks of, 185. Collectors, advice to, 598. Concluding remarks, 602. Colonia del Sacramiento, 169. Compound animals, 261. Concepcion, Chile, 370. Condor, habits of, 219. Confervæ, pelagic, 14. Convicts, condition of in New South Wales, 531. Copiapó, river of, 429. ----, valley of, 430. ----, town of, 437. Coquimbo, 421. Coral formations, 539. ----, stinging species of, 552. ----, dead, 549. Cordillera, passage of, 383. ----, different productions on east and west side, 399. ----, structure of, 389. ----, geology of, 390. ----, rivers of, 407. Corrales, where animals are slaughtered at Buenos Ayres, 140. Countries, unhealthy, 446. Crabs, hermit species of, 544. ---- at Keeling Island, 551. Craters, number of at the Galapagos Archipelago, 453. Crustacea, like trilobites, 303. ----, pelagic, 189. _Ctenomys Braziliensis_, 58. Cucao, Chiloe, 359. Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus, 60. Cumbre of Cordillera, 414. Cuttle-fish, habits of, 6. _Dacelo Jagoensis_, 2. Dasypus, three species of, 113. Deer, with strong odour, 56. Degradation of coral reefs, 547. Deserts of Peru, 444. Despoblado, valley of, 437. Diodon, habits of, 13. Discoloured sea, 18. Dogs, shepherd, 174. D’Orbigny, travels in South America, 110. Doris, eggs of, 258.
Droughts, periodical, 157. ----, great in Pampas, 155. Dung-feeding beetles, 583. Dust, falling from atmosphere, 4. Earthenware fossil, 452. Earthquake at Concepcion, 370. ----, effects of on hard rock, 370. ----, effects of on sea, 373, 377. ----, line of vibration of, 375. ---- accompanied by an elevation of the coast, 379. ----, causes of, 380. ---- at Valdivia, 369. ----, effects of on the tides, 369. ----, at Coquimbo, 422. ----, effects of on a river-bed, 413. ---- of Callao, 450. ---- accompanied by rain, 431. Eggs of Doris, 258. Elater, springing powers of, 35. Electricity of atmosphere, within Andes, 399. Elevated shells near Lima, 451. ---- ---- at Chiloe, 362. Elevation of coast of Chile, 310, 417. Elevation within human era, 451. Entomology of the Galapagos Archipelago, 473. ---- of Brazil, 37. Entre Rios, geology of, 149. Epeira, habits of, 40. Erratic blocks, how transported, 288. ---- ---- absent in intertropical countries, 288. ---- ---- on plains of Santa Cruz, 224. ---- ---- of Tierra del Fuego, 267. Estancia, value of, 170. Extermination of aborigines in Australia, 520. Extinction of species, causes of, 210. ---- of wild animals in New South Wales, 525. Extinct quadrupeds in South America, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, 210. Falkland Islands, 246. ---- ----, birds tame at, 476. Fennel, 138. Fern-trees, 536.
Fernando Noronha, 10. Fields of dead coral, 459. Fire, art of making, 251, 488. Fish, eating coral, 553. ----, emitting harsh sound, 160. Fleas, 424. Forests of Tierra del Fuego, 228, 300. Fossil Mammalia, 95, 104, 146, 149, 152, 180, 210. ---- earthenware, 452. Fox, of the Falkland Islands, 249. ---- of Chiloe, 341. Frogs, noises of, 34. ---- and toads, not found on volcanic islands, 472. Fruit trees, southern limit of, 268. _Fucus giganteus_, 303. Fuegians, 227, 234, 239, 240, 242. Fulgurites, 69. Fungus, edible, 298. _Furnarius fuliginosus_, 353. ---- _rufus_, 112. Galapagos Archipelago, 453. ---- ---- belongs to American Zoological province, 474. Gallinazo, 68. Gauchos, 48. ----, character of, 182. ---- live on meat, 136. Gay, M., on floating islands, 323. Geese at the Falkland Islands, 257. Geology of La Plata, 52. ---- of Patagonia, 201. Geology of Cordillera, 390. Glaciers, 279, 283, 306. ----, effects of, 280, 283. ---- in lat. 46° 40′, 285. Glow worms, 34. Goats, destructive to vegetation at St. Helena, 582. Goeree Roads, 237. Good Success Bay, 227. Gossamer spider, 187. Granite mountains, Tres Montes, 345. Gravel, how transported, 201 to 206. Greenstone, fragments of, 313. _Gryllus migratorius_, 412. Guanaco, habits of, 195. Guantajaya, mines of, 444. Guardia del Monte, 137. Guasos of Chile, 315. Guasco, 427. _Gunnera scabra_, 340. Gypsum, great beds of, 389.
Hailstorm, 134. Hall, Capt. Basil, on terraces of Coquimbo, 423. Height of snow-line on Cordillera, 275. Hermit crabs, 544. _Himantopus melanura_, 133. Horse, powers of swimming of, 168. ----, wild at the Falkland Islands, 248. ----, fossil, 149. Horsemanship of the Gauchos, 175. Hot springs of Cauquenes, 321. Humming-birds of Rio de Janeiro, 37. ---- of Chile, 330. Hunting party in Pampas, 131. Hybernation of animals, 115. _Hydrochærus capybara_, 57. Hydrophobia, 436. Hymenophallus, 37. _Ibis melanops_, 194. Ice at bottom of sea, 297. ----, prismatic structure of, 397. Icebergs, 280, 282, 283. Inca’s bridge, 409. Incrustations, calcareous on rocks of Ascension, 587. ---- of phosphate of lime, 8. Indians, 118. ----, grave of, 199. ---- of the Pampas, 84. ----, ruins of houses of, 409, 438. ---- of Valdivia, 366. ----, antiquities of, in Chile, 325. ----, decrease in numbers, 122. Insects, first colonists of St. Paul’s rocks, 10. ---- blown out to sea, 186. Iquique, 442. Jaguar, habits of, 159. James Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 458. Kater’s peak, 233. Kauri pine, 510. Keeling Island, 539. ---- ----, birds of, 543. ---- ----, entomology 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 the 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 property of, 552. Mills for grinding ores, 324. _Milvulus forficatus_, 163. Mines, 424. ----, how discovered, 486. Miners, 418, 420. ----, condition of, 323. Mining system in Chile, 317. Missionary system at Tahiti, 493.
Rosas, General, 85. Ruins of Callao, 450. ---- of Indian buildings in Cordillera, 409. Ruts worn in lava rocks, 597. St. Helena, 578. ---- Fe, 147. ---- Jago, trade-wind, 3. ---- Paul’s rocks, 7. Salado, Rio, 137. Salinas at the Galapagos Archipelago, 459. ---- at the Rio Negro, 75. Saline efflorescences, 91. Salt lakes, 75. Sandal-wood trees, dead at Juan Fernandez, 583. San Pedro, forests of, 341. Sand, hot from sun’s rays, at Galapagos Archipelago, 459. Santa Cruz, river of, 213. Santiago, Chile, 319. Sauce, Rio, 124. _Saurophagus sulphureus_, 62. Scenery of Andes, 388, 394. Scissor-tail, 163. Scissor-beak, habits of, 161. Sea-pen, habits of, 117. Shells, land, species, in great numbers, 426. Shepherd dogs, 174. Shingle-beds, how deposited, 201 to 206. Siberian animals, how preserved in ice, 293. ---- ----, preserved in ice, food necessary during their existence, 103. Silicified trees in vertical position, 406. Silurian formations at Falkland Islands, 253. Silurus, habits of, 160. Slavery, 27. Smelling power of carrion hawks, 222. Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support of large quadrupeds, 99. ---- ---- ----, on perforated pebbles, 173. Snake, venemous, 114. Snow-line, on Cordillera, 275. Snow, effects of on rocks, 388. ----, red, 394. Soda, nitrate of, 443. ----, sulphate of, 91. Southern islands, 272. Sparus, coral-eating fish, 553. Spawn on surface of sea, 18. Spiders, habits of 40.
Wasps preying on spiders, 40. Water-hog, 57. Water, sold at Iquique, 442. Waves, caused by fall of ice, 281. ---- from earthquakes, 377. Weatherboard, N. S. Wales, 522. Weeds, English, in New Zealand, 511. Weight of large quadrupeds, 101. Wellington, Mount, 536. Wells at Iquique, 445. Wells, ebbing and flowing, 545. Wigwams of Fuegians, 234. Winds, cold on Cordillera, 440. ---- on Cordillera, 395. Zoological provinces of N. and S. America, 153. Zoophytes, Falkland Islands, 258. Zorillo, or skunk, 94.
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