Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

Xll COiVTENTS, PAGE quimbo — ^Wreck — Challenger — Blonde — Ride — Estate Colcura — ViUagran — Arauco — Former caciques — Coloco- lo — Caupolican — Scenery — Quiapo — Night traveUing Leiibu — Tucapel — Valdivia — Lautaro — Challenger 419 CHAPTER XX. Challenger sails — Sounds off Mocha — Wrecked on the main- land — Crew saved — Stores landed — Camp formed — Great exertions, and excellent conduct — Mr. Consul Rouse Leiibu — Plague of mice — Curious rats — Return to Blonde — Ulpu — Araucanian dress — Arauco — 'Boroanos ' — Tubul — ^Bar rivers — Apples — Ferry — Blonde sails — Seek for the Leiibu — Schooner Carmen — Errors and delay — Embark Challenger's crew — Rescue the Carmen — Talcahuano New Concepcion — Valparaiso — Coquimbo — Challenger's sail in Conway — Reflections 451 CHAPTER XXL Andes — Aconcagua — Villarica — I slay — Powder — CaUao Rejoin Beagle — Constitucion — Plans — Wilson — Carrasco — ' Galapagos ' — Iguanas — Lava Rocks — Land-tortoises Craters — Turtle — Shells — Dye — Volcanoes — Settlement — Albemarle Island — Cyclopian Scene — Tagus Cove Tide Ripples — Settlers — Climate — Salt — Dampier — Birds — Transportation of Tortoises — Currents — Temperature of Water 481 CHAPTER XXII. Dangerous Archipelago of the Low Islands — Krusenstern — Squalls — Discoveries — Otaheite — Matavai — Natives Houses — Point Venus — Theft — Singing — Pomare — Sugar — Papiete — Church — Mr. Pritchard — ^Thierry — Shells Mr. Nott — Bible — Paamuto Natives — Falkner — 'Ua' Papawa — Relics — Divine Service — Hitote — Henry — Au- dience — Queen — Missionaries — Roman Catholics — Form-