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

INDEX. 687 Darwin, Mount, Q15 — heiglit, 216 Sound, 217, 218. Deluge, remarks on facts with reference to, 657-682. Desertas Islands, 386. Desire, Port, coast from, to Valdes Creek, examined by Paz and Liebre, 282 — Indians' traces, wells full, 303 — inlet examined, 316 — river, rock, 317,322. Desolation, Cape, 218. Diego San, Cape, breakers, 119, 120. Divide, Point, burning-tree, slate, rock, 219. Dogs, Patagonian, 151, 167, 174 — Fue- gian dogs trained to catch birds while roosting, 184 — bunting, 187 — fine animals, taught to bring in food, birds, hunt fish, 187 — described, 201 — at King George Sound, 627 — at Keeling Islands, fishing, 634. Douglas, Mr., engaged to collect infor- mation, 363 — survey in boats, 364 remarks on Huilli-che superstitions, 388-390 — on Calbucanos, 390, 391 — Cliilotes, voyages, father's account of ' Los Cesares,' 392, 393. Earle, Mr. Augustus, engaged as artist, 19, obliged to return to England, 20. ' Eight stones,' vain search for, 46. Elena, Santa, Port, 305. Equator, passages out and home, 3, 4 absurd ceremonies in crossing, 57 notice of by Kotzebue, 58. English Bank (see Banco Yngles). (San Carlos), nature of bank, 378. Estevan, San, or Stephen's Port, dis- tressed sailors, 370 — story, 371, 372 Falklands, bad weather, 226 — aspect of land, wrecks, 227 — position, number, asserted claims of various countries, 228, 237 — Buenos Ayrean ' coman- dante' appointed, subsequent event-i, England re-asserts her sovereignty, H.M.S. Tyne and Clio re-hoist her flag, 238-240 — shores, violent wnds, tides, remarkable currents, 241-243 — storms, 244 — seasons, temperature, 245— harbours, 246— country, 247 peat, animals, 248 — wild cattle, horses, foxes, 249-252 — changes and trans- port of animals, 253 — rabbits, whales, 254 — fish, 2.35 — birds, brushwood. fuel, grass, 256— soil, potash, 257— increase of animals, 258 — vegetable productions, trees, 259— plants, bal- sam, 260 — rushes, improvements, colonizing, 261— suggestions, 263 cattle, pilotage, 264, 265— ports, wool, 266 — Vernet's establishment, 266- 269— events there, 270— ruined set- tlement, 271— lights, 276, 277— fossil bones, 277, 278 — wild-cattle hunts, 279-281 — sad occurrences there, 327- 335. Famine, Port, 321, 322. Feejee Islands (native name, Navahi), dangerous navigation, natives, canni- balism, 559 — white men among them, Charles,' cautions, treachery, deal- ing with savages, 560, 561 — canoes, trade, alligator, bones, winds, 462. Fernandez, Juan, effects of great earth- quake, Ulloa, volcanic appearance at the summit of Yungue (note) 418. Fire, mountain forests on fire, give rise to reports of volcanoes, 203,204. First Narrow, tide, 321,322. Forastes, Padre, entices men to desert, 393— search for them, 394, 395. Fossils in Port Belgrano, 107 — in San Salvador Bay, 278 — near Tilly Road, 304 — curious, near Concepcion, 421- 423 — in Andes, 667. Foxes of Falkland Isles, apparent va- rieties, 250 — remarks, 251 — changes produced by food, climate, 252 — trans- port, 253, 254 — fox called 'culpen' in Araucania (note) 450. Friendly, or Tonga Islands, missionaries, opposition, Mariner's account, 559. Frio, Cape. 67, 7° — currents, 71, 72. Fuegians, account of those brought home, 1 — cannibalism, fate of old women, feelings on seeing strange sights, 2 — ages, reasons for being brought to England, 4, 5, 6 — vacci- nated, 7 — ' Boat- Memory,' catches small-pox, 8 — death, 9 — character, plan for educating others, 10 — jour- ney to London, anecdote, Waltham- stow, 11 — kind treatment, improve- ment, at St. James's, 12, 13 — private arrangements for their return, changed by Beagle's re-commission, 13, 14 at Plymouth, 15 — presents, 16 — ' Fuegia,' at Botafogo Bay with Eng- lish family, 80 — natives seen near