Web Text-ures LogoWeb and Book design image,
Copyright, Kellscraft Studio
1999-2009

(Return to Web Text-ures)
Click here to return to
Voyage of the Beagle
Content Page

Return to the Previous Chapter
(HOME)

Index.

ABBOTT, Mr., on spiders

Aborigines banished from Van Diemen’s Land
    of Australia
Abrolhos Islands,
Absence of trees in Pampas
Aconcagua, volcano of
Actinia, stinging species
Africa, Southern part desert, yet supports large animals
Ageronia feronia
Agouti, habits of
Ague common in Peru
Albemarle Island

Allan, Dr., on Diodon
    on Holuthuriæ
Alluvium, saliferous, in Peru
    stratified, in Andes
Amblyrhynchus
Anas, species of
Animalculæ.
See Infusoria
Antarctic islands
Antipodes
Ants at Keeling Island
    in Brazil
Antuco volcano
Apires, or miners
Aplysia
Apple-trees
Aptenodytes demersa
Araucanian Indians
Areas of alternate movements in the Pacific and Indian oceans
Armadilloes, habits of
    fossil animals allied to
Arqueros mines
Arrow-heads, ancient
Ascension
Aspalax, blindness of
Athene cunicularia
Atolls
Attagis
Atwater, Mr., on the prairies
Audubon, M., on smelling-power of carrion-hawks
Australia
Australian barrier
    group of weapons
Ava (Macropiper methysticum)
Azara on spiders
    on rain in La Plata
    on habits of carrion-hawks
    on range of carrion-hawks
    on a thunder-storm
    on ostrich-eggs
    on bows and arrows
    on new plants springing up
    on great droughts
    on hydrophobia


BACHMAN, Mr., on carrion-hawks

Bahia Blanca
    fossil tooth of horse from
Bahia, Brazil
    scenery of
Bajada
Balbi on coral reefs
Bald Head, Australia
Ballenar, Chile
Banda Oriental
Banks’s Hill
Barking-bird
Barrier-reef, Bolabola,
    reefs, sections of
Basaltic platform of Santa Cruz
Bathurst, Australia
Batrachian reptiles
Bats, vampire
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Beads, hill of
Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego
Beech-trees
Beetles in brackish water
    on a fungus
    alive in sea
    at St. Julian
    dung-feeders
Behring’s Straits, fossils of
Bell of Quillota
Benchuca
Berkeley Sound
    Rev. J., on Confervæ
    on Cyttaria
Berquelo river
Bibron, M.
Bien te veo
Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago
    tameness of
Birgos latro
Bizcacha, habits of
Blackheath, Australia
Blackwall, Mr., on spiders
Blindness of tucutuco
Blue Mountains
Body, frozen
Bolabola, barrier-reef
Bolas, manner of using
Bombs, volcanic
Bones of the guanaco collected in certain spots
    fire made of
    recent in Pampas
    fossil
Bory St. Vincent on frogs
Boulders
Bramador, El
Brazil, great area of granite
Brazilian whips, etc.
Breaches in coral reefs
Breakwater of seaweed
Brewster, Sir D., on a calcareous deposit
Bridge of hide
    of Incas
Buckland, Dr., on fossils
Buenos Ayres
    trading at
    evening camp
    bullock-waggons
Buffon on American Animals
Bug of Pampas
Buildings, Indian
Bulimus on desert places
Burchell, Mr., on food of quadrupeds
    on ostrich-eggs
    on perforated stones
Butterflies, flocks of
Butterfly producing clicking sound
Button, Jemmy
Byron’s account of fox of Falklands
    on an Indian killing his child


CABBAGE PALM

Cacti
Cactornis
Cactus, Cereus Peruviana
Calasoma on wing out at sea
Calcareous casts of branches and roots of trees at King George’s Sound
    incrustations on rocks of Ascension
Callao
Calodera
Calomys bizcacha
Camarhynchus
Camelidæ, fossil animal allied to
Cancer salinus
Canis antarcticus
    fulvipes
Cape Horn
    False Horn
    of Good Hope
Capybara, or carpincho
    fossil allied to
Caracara, or Carrancha
Cardoon, beds of
Carizal
Carmichael, Capt.
Carrion-hawks
Casarita
Cassava
Castro, Chiloe
    old church at
Casuchas
Catamaran
Cathartes
Cats run wild
    good to eat
    scratch trees
    cruelty to mice
Cattle, effects of their grazing on the vegetation
    killed by great droughts
    know each other

    curious breed of
    waste of
    wild at the Falkland Islands
Caucahue
Cauquenes, hot springs of
Causes of extinction of species among mammalia
    of discoloured sea
Cavia Patagonica
Cawa-Cawa, New Zealand
Caylen
Cervus campestris
Ceryle Americana
Chacao, Chiloe
Chagos atolls
Chalk-like mud
Chamisso on drifted seeds and trees
    on coral reefs
Changes in vegetation of Pampas
    in vegetation of St. Helena
Charles Island
Chatham Island
Cheese, salt required for
Cheucau
Chile
    features of country
Chilenos
Chilian miner
    spurs, stirrup, etc.
    vegetation
Chiloe
    old church at castro

    forests of, and climate
    inhabitants of
    roads of
    Gunnera scabra
Chionis alba
Cholechel, conflict at
Chonos Archipelago
    climate of
    zoology of
    ornithology of
Chupat, Rio
Chuzo
Cicada homoptera
Cladonia
Clearness of atmosphere within Andes, in Chile
Climate of Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands
    Antarctic Islands
    change of, in Chile
    Galapagos
Clouds of vapour after rain
    on Corcovado
    hanging low
    at sea
Coloeoptera in Tropics
    out at sea
    of St. Julian
Colias edusa, flocks of
Colnett, Capt., on spawn in sea
    on a marine lizard
    on transport of seeds
Colonia del Sacramiento
Colorado, Rio
Compound animals
Concepcion, Chile
Conchalee
Condor, habits of
    (Sarcorhamphus gryphus)
Confervæ, pelagic
Conglomerate on the Ventana
    in Cordillera
Conurus
Convicts of Mauritius
    condition, in New South Wales
Cook, Capt., on kelp
Copiapó, river and valley of
    town of
Coquimbo
Coral formations
    stinging species of
    reefs, sections of
    dead
Corallines
Corals
Corcovado, clouds on
    volcano
Cordillera, appearance of
    different productions on east and west side
    passage of
    structure of valleys
    rivers of
    geology of
    valley of Copiapó
    mountains
Cormorant catching fish
Corral, where animals are slaughtered at Buenos Ayres
Corrientes, Cape
Corrobery, or native Australian dance
Corunda
Coseguina, eruption of
Countries, unhealthy
Couthouy, Mr., on coral-reefs
Crabberies
Crabs, hermit species of
    at St. Paul’s
    at Keeling Island
Craters, number of, at the Galapagos Archipelago
    of Elevation
Crisia
Cruelty to animals
Crustacea, pelagic
Ctenomys Brasiliensis
    fossil species of
Cucao, Chiloe
Cuckoo-like habits of Molothrus
Cudico, mission at
Cuentas, Sierra de
Cufre
Cumbre of Cordillera
Cuming, Mr., on shells
Cuttlefish, habits of
Cuvier on Diodon
Cynara cardunculus
Cyttaria Darwinii


DACELO IAGOENSIS

Dasypus, three species of
Deer
Degradation of tertiary formations
Deinornis
Deserts
Desmodus
Despoblado, valley of
Dieffenbach, Dr., E.
    on Auckland Island
Diodon, habits of
Discoloured sea
Diseases from miasma
Distribution of mammalia in America
    of animals on opposite sides of Cordillera
    of frogs
    of Fauna of Galapagos
Dobrizhoffer on ostriches
    on a hail-storm
Docks, imported
Dogs, shepherd
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
D’Orbigny, Travels in South America
Doris, eggs of
Dormidor, or horse-tamer
Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by a butterfly
Drigg, lightning tubes at
Droughts, great, in Pampas
Dryness of St. Jago
    of winds in Tierra del Fuego
    of air in Cordillera
Dubois
Dung-feeding beetles
Dust, falling from atmosphere


EARTHENWARE, fossil

Earthquake, accompanied by an elevation of the coast
    accompanied by rain
    at Callao
    at Concepcion
    at Coquimbo
    at Keeling and Vanikoro, and Society Islands
    at Valdivia
    causes of
    effect of, on springs
    on bottom of sea
    effects of, on rocks
    effects of, on sea
    effects of, on a river-bed
    line of vibration of
    on S.W. coast
    tossing fragments from the ground
    twisting movement of
Eggs of Doris
Ehrenberg, Prof.,
    on Atlantic dust
    on infusoria in Pampas
        in the open sea
        in Patagonia
        in Fuegian paint
        in coral mud
        in tuff at Ascension
    on phosphorescence of the sea
    on noises from a hill
Eimeo, island of; barrier-reef
Elater, springing powers of
Electricity of atmosphere within Andes
Elephant, weight of
Elevated shells
Elevation of coasts of Chile
    Bahia Blanca
    Pampas
    Patagonia
    mountain-chains
    Cordillera
    Peru
    within human period
    fringing-reefs
Entomology of the Galapagos Archipelago
    Brazil
    Patagonia
    Tierra del Fuego
    Keeling Island
    St. Helena
Entre Rios, geology of
Epeira, habits of
Erratic blocks, how transported
    absent in intertropical countries
    on plains of Santa Cruz
    of Tierra del Fuego
Estancia, value of
Extermination of species and races
Extinction of shells at St. Helena
    of species, causes of
    of man in New South Wales
Eyes of tucutuco and mole
Eyre Sound


FALCONER, Dr., on the Sivatherium

    on the Indians
    on rivers in Pampas
    on natural enclosures
Falkland Islands
    absence of trees at
    carrion-hawks of
    wild cattle and horses of
    fox of
    climate of
    peat of
    tame birds at
Fat, quantity eaten
Fatahua fall
Fear an acquired instinct
Februa Hoffmanseggi, butterfly
Fennel run wild
Ferguson, Dr., on miasma
Fernando Noronha
Ferns, tree
Fields of dead coral
Fire, art of making
Fireflies
Fish emitting harsh sound
    of Galapagos
    eating coral
Flamingoes
Fleas
Floods after droughts
    clear after snow
Flora of the Galapagos
    of Keeling Island
    of St. Helena
Flustraceæ
Forests, absence of, in La Plata
    of Tierra del Fuego
    of Chiloe
    of Valdivia
    of New Zealand
    of Australia
Fossil Mammalia
    earthenware
Fox of the Falkland Islands
    of Chiloe
Freyrina
Friendly Archipelago
Fringing reefs
Frogs, noises of
    bladders of
    and toads, not found on oceanic islands
Frozen soil
Fruit-trees, southern limit of
Fucus giganteus
Fuegians
    wigwams
    basket and bone weapons
Fulgurites
Fungus, edible
Furnarius


GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO

    natural history of
    marked relationship with America
    zoology of
    finches from
Gale of wind
Gallegos river, fossil bones at
Gallinazo
Gauchos
    character of
    live on meat
    surcingle of
Gavia mountain
Gay, M., on floating islands
    on shells in brackish water
Geese at the Falkland Islands
Geographical distribution of American animals
    of frogs
    of fauna of Galapagos
Geology of Cordillera
    of St. Jago
    of St. Paul
    of Brazil
    of Bahia Blanca
    of Pampas
    of Patagonia
Georgia, climate of
Geospiza
Gill, Mr., on an upheaved river-bed
Gillies, Dr., on the Cordillera
Glaciers in Tierra del Fuego
    in lat. 46° 40’
    in Cordillera
Glow-worms
Goats destructive to vegetation at St. Helena
    bones of
Goeree Roads
Goître
Gold-washing
Good Success Bay
Gossamer spider
Gould, Mr., on the Calodera
    on birds of Galapagos
Granite mountains, Tres Montes
    of Cordillera
Graspus
Gravel, how far transported
    of Patagonia
Graves of Indians
Greenstone, fragments of
Gregory, Cape
Gryllus migratorius
Guanaco, habits of
    fossil allied genus
Guantajaya, mines of
Guardia del Monte
Guasco
Guasos of Chile
Guava imported into Tahiti
Guinea-fowl
Guitron
Gunnera scabra
Gypsum, great beds of
    in salt-lake
    in Patagonian tertiary beds
    at Iquique with salt
    at Lima with shells


HACHETTE, M., on lightning-tubes

Hacienda, condor, and cactus
Hail-storm
Hall, Captain Basil, on terraces of Coquimbo
Hare, Varying
Head, Captain, on thistle-beds
Height of snow-line on Cordillera
Henslow, Prof., on potatoes
    on plants of Keeling Island
Hermit crabs
Hide bridge
Hill emitting a noise
Himantopus
Hippah, New Zealand
Hobart Town and Mount Wellington
Hogoleu barrier-reef
Holes made by a bird
Holman on drifted seeds
Holothuriæ feeding on coral
Homeward bound
Hooker, Sir J., on the Cardoon
     Dr. J. D., on the kelp
    on Galapageian plants
Horn, Cape
Horner, Mr., on a calcareous deposit
Horse, swimming powers of
Horse, wild at the Falkland Islands
    fossil of extinct species of
Horse-fly
Horsemanship of the Gauchos
Horses difficult to drive
    drop excrement on paths
    killed by great droughts
    multiplication of
    broken in
Hot springs of Cauquenes
Huacas
Humboldt on burnished rocks
    on the atmosphere in tropics
    on frozen soil
    on hybernation
    on potatoes
    on earthquakes and rain
    on miasma
Humming-birds of Rio de Janeiro
    of Chiloe
Hurtado
Hybernation of animals
Hydrochærus capybara
Hydrophobi
Hyla
Hymenophallus


IBIS MELANOPS

Ice, prismatic structure of
Icebergs
Incas’ bridge
Incrustations on coast rocks
Indian fossil remains
Indians, attacks of
    antiquarian relics of
    Araucanian
    of the Pampas
    decrease in numbers of
    grave of
    Patagonian
    perforated stones used by
    Valdivian
    powers of tracking
    ruins of houses of
Infection
Infusoria in dust in the Atlantic
    in the sea
    in the Pampas
    in Patagonia
    in white paint
    in coral mud
    at Ascension
Insects first colonists of St. Paul’s rocks
    blown out to sea
    of Patagonia
    of Tierra del Fuego
    of Galapagos
    of Keeling Island
    of St. Helena
Instincts of birds
Iodine with salt at Iquique
Iquique
Iron, oxide of, on rocks
Irregular troops
Islands, oceanic, volcanic
    Antarctic
    floating
    Low


JACKSON, Col., on frozen snow

Jaguar, habits of
Jajuel, mines of
James Island
Jemmy Button
Juan Fernandez, volcano of
    flora of


KANGAROO-HUNTING

Kater’s Peak
Kauri pine
Keeling Island
    inside an atoll
    flora of
    birds of
    entomology of
    subsidence of
    Birgos latro
Kelp, or seaweed
Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body
Kingfishers
King George’s Sound
Kororadika


LABOURERS, condition of, in Chile

Lagoon-islands
Lagostomus
Lake, brackish, near Rio
    with floating islands
    formed during earthquake
Lamarck on acquired blindness
Lampyris
Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree
Land-shells
Las Minas
Lazo
Leaves
    fossil
Leeks in New Zealand, imported
Lemuy Island
Lepus Magellanicus
Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak
    on rabbit of the Falklands
Lichen on loose sand
Lichtenstein on ostriches
Lightning storms
    tubes
Lima
    and San Lorenzo
    elevation of a river near
Lime, changed by lava into crystalline rock
Limnæa in brackish water
Lion-ant
Lizard
    marine species of
Lizards, transport of
Llama or guanaco, habits of
Locusts
Longevity of species in Mollusca
Lorenzo, San, island of
Low Archipelago
Luciano, story of
Lumb, Mr.
Lund, M., on antiquity of man
Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil
Luxan
Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to support large animals
Lycosa
Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo
    on longevity of Mollusca
    on change in vegetation
    on fossil horses’ teeth
    on flocks of butterflies
    on extinct mammals and ice-period
    on stones twisted by earthquakes
    on frozen snow
    on distribution of animals
    on subsidence in the Pacific


MACCULLOCH on infection

Macquarie river
Macrauchenia
Macrocystis
Madrina, or godmother of a troop of mules
Magdalen channel
Magellan, flora of
    H.M.S.
Beagle in Straits of
    Straits of
    Port Famine
    kelp of
Malays
Malcolmson, Dr., on hail
Maldiva atolls
Maldonado
Mammalia, fossil
Man, antiquity of
    body frozen
    fossil remains of
    fear of, an acquired instinct
    extinction of races
Mandetiba
Mandioca or cassava
Mare’s flesh eaten by troops
Mares killed for their hides
Mastodon
Maté pots and Bambillio
Matter, granular, movements in
Mauritius
Maypu river
Megalonyx
Megatherium
Mendoza
    climate of
Mercedes on the Rio Negro
Mexico, elevation of
Miasmata,
Mice inhabit sterile places
    number of, in America
    how transported
    different on opposite sides of Andes
    of the Galapagos
    of Ascension
Millepora
Mills for grinding ores
Mimosæ
Mimus
Miners, condition of
Mines
    how discovered
Miranda, Commandant
Missionaries at New Zealand
Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Australia
Mocking-bird
Molina omits description of certain birds
Molothrus, habits of
Monkeys with prehensile tails
Monte Video
Moresby, Capt., on a great crab
    on coral-reefs
Mount Sarmiento
    Tarn
    Victoria
Mountains, elevation of
Movements in granular matter
Mud, chalk-like
    disturbed by earthquake
Mules
Muniz, Signor, on niata cattle
Murray, Mr., on spiders
Mylodon
Myopotamus Coypus


NARBOROUGH ISLAND

Negress with goître
Negro, Rio
    lieutenant
Nepean river
New Caledonia, reef of
New Zealand
Niata cattle
Noises from a hill
Noses, ceremony of pressing
Nothura
Notopod, crustacean
Nulliporæ, incrustations like
    protecting reefs


OCTOPUS, habits of

Oily coating on sea
Olfersia
Opetiorhynchus
Opuntia
    Darwinii
    Galapageia
Orange-trees self-sown
Ores, gold
Ornithology of Galapagos
Ornithorhynchus
Osorno, volcano of
Ostrich, habits of
Ostrich’s eggs
Otaheite
Otter
Ova in sea
Oven-bird
Owen, Capt., on a drought in Africa
    Professor, on the Capybara
    fossil quadrupeds
    nostrils of the Gallinazo
Owl of Pampas
    of Galapagos Islands
Oxyurus
Oysters, gigantic


PAINT, white

Pallas on Siberia
Palm-trees in La Plata
    south limit of
    in Chile
Palms absent at Galapagos
Pampas, halt at a pulperia on the
    number of embedded remains in
    southern limit of
    changes in
    giant thistle of
    not quite level
    geology of
    view of, from the Andes
Pan de Azucar
Papilio feronia
Parana, Rio
    River
    islands in
Parish, Sir W., on the great drought
Park, Mungo, on eating salt
Parrots
Partridges
Pas, fortress of New Zealand
Passes in Cordillera
Pasture altered from grazing of cattle
Patagones
Patagonia, geology of
    birds of
    zoology of
    raised beaches
Patagonian bolas, etc
Patagonians, Cape Gregory
Paypote ravine
Peach-trees self-sown
Peat, formation of
Pebbles perforated
    transported in roots of trees
Pelagic animals in southern ocean
Penas, glacier in Gulf of
Penguin, habits of
Pepsis, habits of
Pernambuco, reef of
Pernety on hill of ruins
    on tame birds
Peru
    dry valleys of
Peruvian pottery
Petrels, habits of
Peuquenes, pass of
Phonolite at Fernando Noronha
Phosphorescence of the sea
    of land insects and sea animals
    of a coralline
Phryniscus
Pine of New Zealand
Plains at foot of Andes in Chile
    almost horizontal near St. Fé
Planariæ, terrestrial species of
Plants of the Galapagos
    of Keeling island
    of St. Helena
Plants, fossil, in Australia
Plata, R.
    thunderstorms of
Plover, long-legged
Polished rocks, Brazil
Polyborus chimango
    Braziliensis
    Novæ Zelandiæ
Ponsonby Sound
Porpoises
Port Desire
    river of
    St. Julian
    Famine
    Jackson
Portillo Pass
Porto Praya
Potato, wild
Potrero Seco
Prairies, vegetation of
Prévost, M., on cuckoos
Priestley, Dr., on lightning-tubes
Prisoner, bringing in a
Procellaria gigantea, habits of
Proctotretus
Proteus, blindness of
Protococcus nivalis
Pteroptochos, two species of
    species of
Puenta del Inca
Puffinuria Berardii
Puffinus cinereus
Puma, habits of
    flesh of
Puna, or short respiration
Punta Alta, Bahia Blanca
    Gorda
    Huantamó
Pyrophorus luminosus


QUADRUPEDS, fossil

    large, do not require luxuriant vegetation
    weight of
Quartz of the Ventana
    of Tapalguen
    of Falkland Island
Quedius
Quellaypo volcano
Quilimari
Quillota, valley of
Quinchao Island
Quintero
Quiriquina Island
Quoy and Gaimard on stinging corals
    on coral-reefs


RABBIT, wild, at the Falkland Islands

Rain at Coquimbo
    at Rio
    effects on vegetation
    and earthquakes
in Chile, formerly more abundant
    in Peru
Rana Mascariensis
Rat, only aboriginal animal of New Zealand
Rats at Galapagos
    at Keeling Island
    at Ascension
Rattlesnake, species with allied habit
Red snow
Reduvius
Reef at Pernambuco of sandstone
Reefs of coral
    barrier
    fringing
Reeks, Mr., analysis of salt
    bones
    salt and shells
Remains, human, elevated
Remedies of the Gauchos
Rengger on the horse
Reptiles absent in Tierra del Fuego
    at Galapagos
Respiration difficult in Andes
Retrospect
Revolutions at Buenos Ayres
Rhea Darwinii (Avestruz Petise)
Rhinoceroses live in desert countries
    frozen
Rhynchops nigra
Richardson, Dr., on mice of North America
    on frozen soil
    on eating fat
    on geographical distribution
    on polished rocks
Rimsky atoll
Rio de Janeiro
    Botofogo Bay
    Plata
    Negro
    Colorado
    Sauce
    Salado
    S. Cruz
River-bed, arched
River-courses dry in America
Rivers, power of, in wearing channels
Rocks burnished with ferruginous matter
Rodents, number of, in America
    fossil species of
Rolor, General
Rosas, General
Rozario
Ruins of Callao
    of Indian buildings in Cordillera


SALADO, RIO

Saladillo river
Salinas at the Galapagos Archipelago
    in Patagonia
Saline efflorescences
Salt with vegetable food
    superficial crust of
    with elevated shells
Salt-lakes
San Carlos
    Nicolas
    Felipe
    Pedro
    Pedro, forests of
    Lorenzo Island
Sand-dunes
Sand, hot from sun’s rays, at Galapagos Archipelago
    noise from friction of
Sandstone of New South Wales
    reef of
Sandwich Archipelago, no frogs at
    Land
Santa Cruz, river of
Santiago, Chile
Sarmiento, Mount
Sauce, Rio
Saurophagus sulphureus
Scarus eating corals
Scelidotherium
Scenery of Andes
Scissor-beak, habits of
Scissor-tail
Scoresby, Mr., on effects of snow on rocks
Scorpions, cannibals
Scrope, Mr., on earthquakes
Scytalopus
Sea, open, inhabitants of
    phosphorescence of
    explosions in
Sea-pen, habits of
Seals, number of
Seaweed, growth of
Seeds transported by sea
Serpulæ
Sertularia, protecting reef
Shark killed by Diodon
Shaw, Dr., on lion’s flesh
Sheep, infected
Shelley, lines on Mont Blanc
Shells, land, in great numbers
    elevated
    tropical forms of, far south
    fossil, of Cordillera
    decomposition of, with salt
    of Galapagos
    at St. Helena
Shepherd’s dogs
Shingle-bed of Patagonia
Shongi, New Zealand chief
Siberia compared with Patagonia
    zoology of, related to North America
Siberian animals, how preserved in ice
    food necessary during their existence
Sierra de la Ventana
    Tapalguen
Silicified trees
Silurian formations at Falkland Islands
Silurus, habits of
Sivatherium
Skunks
Slavery
Smelling power of carrion-hawks
Smith, Dr. Andrew, on the support of large quadrupeds
    on perforated pebbles
Snake, venomous
Snow, effects of, on rocks
    prismatic structure of
    red
Snow-line on Cordillera
Socêgo
Society, state of, in La Plata
    state of, in Australia
    Archipelago
    volcanic phenomena at
Soda, nitrate of
    sulphate of
Soil, frozen
South American bit
Spawn on surface of sea
Species, distribution of
    extinction of
Spiders, habits of
    gossamer
    killed by and killing wasps
    on Keeling Island
    on St. Paul’s
Spurs of Guaso
Springs, hot
Stevenson, Mr., on growth of seaweed
St. Helena
    Jago, C. Verds
        unhealthiness of
    Paul’s rocks
    Fé
Maria, elevated
    introduction of spirits into
    Louis, Mauritius
Stinging animals
Stones perforated
    transported in roots
Storm
    in Cordillera
Streams of stones at Falkland Islands
Strongylus
Struthio rhea
    Darwinii
Strzelecki, Count
Suadiva atoll
Subsidence of coral-reefs
    of Patagonia
    of Cordillera
    of Coasts of Chile
    cause of distinctness in Tertiary epochs
    of coast of Peru
    of Keeling Island
    of Vanikoro
    of coral-reefs great in amount
Sulphate of lime
    soda with common salt
    soda incrusting the ground
Swainson, Mr., on cuckoos
Sydney


TABANUS

Tahiti (Otaheite)
    three zones of fertility
    Fatahua fall
    Christianity in
Tahitian
Talcahuano
Tambillos, Ruinas de
Tameness of birds
Tandeel, pumas at
Tapacolo and Turco
Tapalguen, Sierra, flat hills of quartz
Tarn, Mount
Tasmania
Tattooing
Temperance of the Tahitians
Temperature of Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands
    of Galapagos
Tercero, Rio, fossils in banks of
Terraces in valleys of Cordillera
    of Patagonia
    of Coquimbo
Tertiary formations of the Pampas
    of Patagonia
    in Chile, epochs of
Teru-tero, habits of
Testudo, two species of
    Abingdonii
    nigra, habits of
Theory of lagoon-islands
Theristicus melanops
Thistle beds
Thunder-storms
Ti, liliaceous plant
Tierra del Fuego
    climate and vegetation of
    zoology of
    entomology of
Tinamus rufescens
Tinochorus rumicivorus
Toad, habits of
    not found in oceanic islands
Torrents in Cordillera
Tortoise, habits of
Toxodon,
Transparency of air in Andes
    in St. Jago
Transport of boulders
    of fragments of rock on banks of the St. Cruz river
    of seeds
    of stones in roots of trees
Travertin with leaves of trees, Van Diemen’s Land
Tree-ferns
    southern limits of
Trees, absence of, in Pampas
    time required to rot
    silicified, vertical
    size of
    floating, transport stones
Tres Montes
Trichodesmium
Trigonocephalus
Tristan d’Acunha
Trochilus forficatus
Tropical scenery
Tschudi, M., on subsidence
Tubes, siliceous, formed by lightning
Tucutuco, habits of
    fossil species of
Tuff, craters of
    infusoria in
Tupungato, volcano of
Turco, El
Turkey buzzard
Turtle, manner of catching
Type of organisation in Galapagos Islands, American
Types of organisation in different countries, constant
Tyrannus savana


ULLOA on hydrophobia

    on Indian buildings
Unanùe, Dr., on hydrophobia
Uruguay, Rio
    not crossed by the Bizcacha
Uspallata range and pass


VACAS, RIO

Valdivia
    forests of
Valley of St. Cruz, how excavated
    dry, at Copiapó
Valleys, excavation of, in Chile
    of New South Wales
    in Cordillera
    of Tahiti
Valparaiso
Vampire bat
Van Diemen’s Land
Vanellus cayanus
Vanessa, flocks of
Vanikoro
Vapour from forests
Vegetation of St. Helena, changes of
    luxuriant, not necessary to support large animals
    on opposite sides of Cordillera
Ventana, Sierra
Verbena melindres
Vilipilli
Villa Vicencio
Villarica volcano
Virgin forest
Virgularia Patagonica
Volcanic bombs
    cellular formation of
    islands,
    phenomena
Volcanoes near Chiloe
    their presence determined by elevation or subsidence
Vultur aura


WADERS, first colonists of distant islands

Waimate, New Zealand
Waiomio
Walckenaer on spiders
Walleechu tree
Wasps preying on spiders and killed by
Water-hog (Hydrochærus capybara)
Water-serpents
Water sold at Iquique
Water, fresh, floating on salt
Waterhouse, Mr., on Rodents
    on the niata ox
    on the insects of Tierra del Fuego
    of Galapagos
    on the terrestrial mammals of Galapagos
Waves caused by fall of ice
    from earthquakes
Weather, connection with earthquakes
Weatherboard, N. S. Wales
Weeds in New Zealand, imported
Weight of large quadrupeds
Wellington, Mount
Wells, ebbing and flowing
    at Iquique
West Indies, banks of sediment
    zoology of
    coral-reefs of
Whales, oil from
    leaping out of water
White, Mr., on spiders
Whitsunday Island
Wigwam cove
Wigwams of Fuegians
Williams, Rev. Mr., on infectious disorders
Winds, dry, in Tierra del Fuego
    at the Cape Verds
    on Cordillera
cold, on Cordillera,
Winter’s Bark,
Wolf at the Falklands
Wollaston Island
Wood, Captain, on the Agouti
Woollya


YAQUIL gold mines

Yeso, Valle del
York Minster


ZONOTRICHIA

Zoological provinces of N. and S. America
Zoology of Galapagos
    of Tierra del Fuego
    of Chonos Islands
    of Keeling Island
    of St. Helena
Zoophytes
    at Falkland Islands
Zorillo, or skunk





Web Text-ures Logo
Web and Book design,
Copyright, Kellscraft Studio
1999-2008

(Return to Web Text-ures)