Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe
INDEX. 591 Carlos San, de Chiloe, 249 — anchorage, position, 274 — buildings, woods, 275 —piraguas, 284-286. Cascade Bay, 219. Cavia, by some called hare, 5. Centurion, 303, 304, 307. Chama, 306. Channel's mouth, anchorage, weather, surf, 178 — desolate scene, perils, squalls, 179 — inlets near, gales, tides, 330. Chanticleer at Montevideo, 187 — at St. Martin Cove, 198 — sails thence, 205. Charadrius riihecola, 41. Charles Islands, surveyed, 315. Chiloe, position, extent, population, 271, 272 — government, troops, 273— culti- vation, peasantry. 276 — manners, morals, 277^ — schools, language, pro- duce, 278 — manufactures, exports, imports, 279 — varieties of wood, 280, 281 — log roads, 283 — ploughs, 286 soil, 287 — forced contributions, birds, 288 — shell-fish, 290 — mode of cook- ing, 291 — anecdote, 293 — climate, 294-296 — struggles against Chile, 298. . Cholgua (Mytilus Magellanicus, La- marck), 290, Choro {Mytilus chorus, Molina), ego. Cockburn Channel, 254. Coleoptera, a few species at S'^ Elena, 6. Concholepas Peruviana, used as drinking cups, 167. Condor, size, accounts of Molina and Humboldt, 185. Crepidula, one species at S'.^ Elena, 6. Cruz, de la, mountain, ascended, 69 — memorials found, 70, 71 — ascended again, 243, 244— its height, 314. Cygnus Anatodoides, 359. Dasyprocia (agouti), 5. Dasypus Minutus, of D'Azara, 5. Deer, on Point Sta. Anna, 48 — track near Obstruction Sound, 353 — many more observed, 354 — supposed of a novel =pecies, 355. Desire, Port, examined, 120, 192, 195, 349 — quince found there, tides, 460. Diego Ramirez Islets, 434 — climate, 435- Diego San, Cape, strong tide, 453 — coast near, 456. Dislocation Harbour, 364. Dogs, 46, 52, 62, 76, 89, 137— fine one (Fuegian), 148, 216 — small-sized, 238 — at Juan Fernandez, 304 — fine Fuegian dog, 444 — one like young lion, 44O. Doris Cove, weather, 406. Dungeness Point, 12, Eagle Bay, 35, 37, 48. Easter Bay, 34P, 349. Elena, Sta. Port, arrival there, coast, 2 — bad weather, fossil oyster-shells, 4 — animals and birds, 5 — scarcity of fish, trees, traces of natives, depar- ture, 6. Englefield Island, 225. Estevan San, channel of, tides, 265, Evangelists, or Isles of Direction, 156. Eyre, Sir George, Sound, glaciers, whales, seal, icebergs, 337. Fairweather, Cape, gale near, singular error, 7— abundance of fish, 8, 9 — de- parture from, 9, 120. Falkner, the Jesuit, description of Pata- gonians, 86, 87— funeral ceremonies, 113— graves, i(,6. Famine, Port, 26 — former Spanish colony, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 — named by Candish, 34 — shells, 37 — animals, birds, 38— fishing, 39 — preparations and departure, 84 — re-visited, 117 events there during absence, 118 — weather, 119 — winter, 142 — floods, lightning, 144 — scurvy, 145— efi'ects of weather, 149, 150 — Beagle there, 216 — Adventure there, 315 — finally quitted, 321. Felipe, San, Spanish settlement under Sarmiento, Viedma, 31, 32 — aban- doned, now Port Famine, 34. Felis pajaros, 117. Fire, at Port S'a Elena, 3 — at Port Famine, 83 — boat and sheds destroyed by Fuegians, 118, at Port Desire, 193, 194— in Gregory Bay, 213 — traces of near Level Bay, 3.36. 2 qS
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