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The Voyage of the Beagle

Author's Preface

Chapter 1. Porto Praya—Ribeira Grande—Atmospheric Dust With Infusoria...

Chapter 2. Rio De Janeiro—Excursion North Of Cape Frio—Great Evaporation...

Chapter 3. Monte Video—Maldonado—Excursion To R—Polanco—Lazo And Bolas...

Chapter 4. Rio Negro—Estancias Attacked By The Indians—Salt Lakes—Flamingoes...

Chapter 5. Bahia Blanca—Geology—Numerous Gigantic Extinct Quadrupeds...

Chapter 6. Set Out For Buenos Ayres—Rio Sauce—Sierra Ventana—Third Posta...

Chapter 7. Excursion To St. Fé—Thistle Beds—Habits Of The Bizcacha—Little Owl...

Chapter 8. Excursion To Colonia Del Sacramiento—Value Of An Estancia...

Chapter 9. Santa Cruz—Expedition Up The River—Indians—Immense Streams...

Chapter 10. Tierra Del Fuego, First Arrival—Good Success Bay—An Account Of The Fuegians...

Chapter 11. Strait Of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent Of Mount Tarn—Forests...

Chapter 12. Valparaiso—Excursion To The Foot Of The Andes—Structure Of The Land...

Chapter 13. Chiloe—General Aspect—Boat Excursion—Native Indians—Castro...

Chapter 14. San Carlos, Chiloe—Osorno In Eruption, Contemporaneously...

Chapter 15. Valparaiso—Portillo Pass—Sagacity Of Mules—Mountain-Torrents...

Chapter 16. Coast-Road To Coquimbo—Great Loads Carried By The Miners—Coquimbo...

Chapter 17. The Whole Group Volcanic—Number Of Craters—Leafless Bushes...

Chapter 18. Pass Through The Low Archipelago—Tahiti—Aspect—Vegetation On The Mountains...

Chapter 19. Sydney—Excursion To Bathurst—Aspect Of The Woods—Party Of Natives...

Chapter 20. Keeling Island—Singular Appearance—Scanty Flora...

Chapter 21. Mauritius, Beautiful Appearance Of—Great Crateriform Ring Of Mountains...

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Cuvier (Ossemens Fossiles, tome i, p. 151), from Billing's Voyage

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