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

684 INDEX. Bahia, or San Salvador, currents before reaching, scenery, present state, 60 slavery, its evils, 61, 62 — city de- scribed, 63 — survey, shoals, current, ship's course, 64, 78. Bahias Dos, Cape, 305. Bank Yngles in River Plata, 92, 286. Barometer, 49, 83 — fall and changes before ' pampero,' 86, 91, in gale, 226 —at Falklands, 244, 245— anomaly near Valdivia, 396 — before great earth- quake, 41 1, 412. Beagle at Falmouth, 2— paid off, 7 re-coinmissioned 14, 17 — outfit, 18- 22 — plan of voyage, 24-41 — deten- tion, 42 — course, 44, 45 — at Santa Cruz, 48 — Cape Verde Islands, 51 Fernando de Noronha, 59 — Bahia, 60— passing Cape Frio, 66 — at Rio de Janeiro, 73-81 — equipment de- scribed, 82 — in River Plata, 85 danger in Pampero in former voyage, 87 — at IVIonte Video, 94 — Port Bel- grano, loi-iio — Blanco Bay, 111 under Monte Hermoso, 112 — at Bue- nos Ayres, Montevideo, 114 — San Bias, 1 16 — goes towards Tierra del Fuego, weather, 117 — extraordinary white-coloured space of sea, 118 — off Santa Inez, 119 — in Good Success Bay, passes Cape Horn, 122 — in St. Martin Cove, 124— off York-Minster heights in heavy gale, 125— loses boat, 126' — in Goree Road, 127 — in Scotch- well Bay, under sail during bad night between Wollaston and Navarin Islands, 223 — Packsaddle Bay, 224 — Good Success Bay, 225 — Berkeley Sound, 227, 268— Johnson Cove, 270 — in gale off River Negro, 281— at Monte Video, Maldonado, 282— pro- ceedings, 283, 086 — at San Bias Banks, 286 — River Negro, Port Belgrano, 288 — sails with H.M.S. Snake, returns to Monte Video, 292 — strikes a rock in Port Desire, 317 — Port San Julian, 318-321 — passes First Narrow, 322 — at Woollya, 323 — Port Louis, 327 — River Santa Cruz, 336— Cape Virgins, 357, 358 — new route, 358 (note) — under sail in Cockburn Channel, 359 — Val- paraiso, -361 -—San Carlos, 363 — among Chonos Islands, 364-378 — San Carlos, 378 — soundings along coast of South Chile, 396— Valdivia, 397 — Talcahuano, 40a — Valparaiso, 4'9 — Concepcion, 421 — narrow es- cape, Maule, 424 — proceedings, 424- 426— refit in Herradura Cove, 426, 427 — Valparaiso, 428 — Callao, 482 — at Galapagos Islands, 484-505— at Low Islands, 506 — discovers islands, 507, 508— Otaheite, or Tahiti, 508- 557 — Navigators, Friendly, and Fee- jee Islands, 559-562— at New Zea- land, 563-619—' Three Kings' islets, 620— Port Jackson, Sydney, 621 Hobart Town, 623 — King George Sound, 624— Keeling Island, 628 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, Ascension, Bahia, Cape Verde and Azores Islands, arrives in England, 638. Beagle Channel, 218— tide, 219. Beauchesne Island, 327. Belgrano Port, 100, 101— fossils, ani- mals, fish, 107 — climate, tides, pu- mice-stones, 108 — Beagle there again. 288. Bellaco Rock examined, tides, refrac- tion, 318, 319. Berkeley Sound, 227— lights on hills, 276 — revisited, 327— shallow sound- ings thence to River Santa Cruz, 336. Birds, flight of, indicates direction of land, 557, 558, 628. Blanco Bay, shore between it and Cape Corrientes, without anchorage, tosca, 99, 100. Blanco Cape, tide-races, 303— coast near, salinas, guanacoes, 304. Bias San, Bay, 116, 117— banks, 286, 287 — Liebre and Paz there, Indians, 296, 297. Boats, excursion to Woollya, 202-206 —arrival there, 207— on westward ex- ploration, pass Murray Narrow, ca- noes, Shingle Point, 215 — endangered by fall of ice-cliff, 217 — enter Beagle channel, difficulties, 218 — return to Woollya, 220 — in Ponsonby Sound, Button Island, 223 — yawl swamped, 276 — up Chupat River, 307 — excur- sion up River Santa Cruz, 337-357 — whaleboat in Chonos Archipelago, 363, 364— boat exploration of Chiloe Archipelago by Lieut. Sulivan and Mr. Usborne, 364, 366, 378— north- wards by Mr. Stokes, 367— proceed- ings 374, 375 — boat excursion (in