Voyage of the Beagle (87 page)

FALCONER, Dr., on the Sivatherium,
155
    on the Indians,
109
    on rivers in Pampas,
112
    on natural enclosures,
122
Falkland Islands,
199
    absence of trees at,
48
    carrion-hawks of,
57
    wild cattle and horses of,
200
    fox of,
204
    climate of,
257
    peat of,
305
    tame birds at,
424
Fat, quantity eaten,
123
Fatahua fall,
436
Fear an acquired instinct,
426
Februa Hoffmanseggi, butterfly,
35
Fennel run wild,
125
Ferguson, Dr., on miasma,
390
Fernando Noronha,
2
,
11
,
173
,
399
Ferns, tree,
259
,
477
Fields of dead coral,
488
Fire, art of making,
205
,
436
Fireflies,
31
Fish emitting harsh sound,
144
    of Galapagos,
416
    eating coral,
494
Flamingoes,
69
Fleas,
369
Floods after droughts,
142
    clear after snow,
341
Flora of the Galapagos,
399
,
418
,
421
    of Keeling Island,
483
    of St. Helena,
523
Flustraceæ,
211
Forests, absence of, in La Plata,
47
    of Tierra del Fuego,
220
,
250
,
305
    of Chiloe,
250
,
299
,
305
,
314
    of Valdivia,
319
,
322
    of New Zealand,
436
    of Australia,
445
Fossil Mammalia,
36
,
134
,
137
,
164
,
182
    earthenware,
394
Fox of the Falkland Islands,
204
    of Chiloe,
299
Freyrina,
372
Friendly Archipelago,
505
Fringing reefs,
501
Frogs, noises of,
30
    bladders of,
409
    and toads, not found on oceanic islands,
407
Frozen soil,
93
,
257
Fruit-trees, southern limit of,
250
Fucus giganteus,
254
Fuegians,
151
,
218
to 243
    wigwams,
151
,
224
    basket and bone weapons,
230
Fulgurites,
62
Fungus, edible,
250
Furnarius,
99

GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO,
398
    natural history of,
403
    marked relationship with America,
403
    zoology of,
403
,
419
    finches from,
405
Gale of wind,
228
,
300
Gallegos river, fossil bones at,
182
Gallinazo,
60
Gauchos,
46
,
160
    character of,
161
    live on meat,
123
    surcingle of,
46
Gavia mountain,
33
Gay, M., on floating islands,
283
    on shells in brackish water,
22
Geese at the Falkland Islands,
210
Geographical distribution of American animals,
138
,
349
    of frogs,
407
    of fauna of Galapagos,
419
Geology of Cordillera,
341
,
355
    of St. Jago,
6
    of St. Paul,
8
    of Brazil,
12
    of Bahia Blanca,
86
    of Pampas,
136
    of Patagonia,
180
,
190
Georgia, climate of,
263
Geospiza,
405
,
420
Gill, Mr., on an upheaved river-bed,
382
Gillies, Dr., on the Cordillera,
345
Glaciers in Tierra del Fuego,
237
,
260
,
261
    in lat. 46° 40',
260
    in Cordillera,
346
Glow-worms,
31
Goats destructive to vegetation at St. Helena,
520
    bones of,
177
Goeree Roads,
230
Goître,
336
Gold-washing,
284
Good Success Bay,
214
Gossamer spider,
169
Gould, Mr., on the Calodera,
132
    on birds of Galapagos,
404
Granite mountains, Tres Montes,
301
    of Cordillera,
342
Graspus,
10
Gravel, how far transported,
113
    of Patagonia,
78
,
180
Graves of Indians,
179
Greenstone, fragments of,
274
Gregory, Cape,
245
Gryllus migratorius,
352
Guanaco, habits of,
175
,
197
    fossil allied genus,
182
Guantajaya, mines of,
387
Guardia del Monte,
124
Guasco,
367
,
371
,
375
Guasos of Chile,
275
Guava imported into Tahiti,
430
Guinea-fowl,
5
,
523
Guitron,
279
Gunnera scabra,
298
Gypsum, great beds of,
342
    in salt-lake,
68
    in Patagonian tertiary beds,
180
    at Iquique with salt,
388
    at Lima with shells,
392

HACHETTE, M., on lightning-tubes,
62
Hacienda, condor, and cactus,
271
Hail-storm,
121
Hall, Captain Basil, on terraces of Coquimbo,
367
Hare, Varying,
47
Head, Captain, on thistle-beds,
125
,
130
Height of snow-line on Cordillera,
259
Henslow, Prof., on potatoes,
304
    on plants of Keeling Island,
483
Hermit crabs,
486
Hide bridge,
334
Hill emitting a noise,
385
Himantopus,
120
Hippah, New Zealand,
458
Hobart Town and Mount Wellington,
475
Hogoleu barrier-reef,
499
Holes made by a bird,
99
Holman on drifted seeds,
484
Holothuriæ feeding on coral,
494
Homeward bound,
531
Hooker, Sir J., on the Cardoon,
125
     Dr. J. D., on the kelp,
253
    on Galapageian plants,
418
,
421
Horn, Cape,
223
Horner, Mr., on a calcareous deposit,
10
Horse, swimming powers of,
152
Horse, wild at the Falkland Islands,
202
    fossil of extinct species of,
86
,
138
Horse-fly,
180
Horsemanship of the Gauchos,
162
,
206
Horses difficult to drive,
115
    drop excrement on paths,
125
    killed by great droughts,
141
    multiplication of,
247
    broken in,
160
Hot springs of Cauquenes,
281
Huacas,
394
,
396
Humboldt on burnished rocks,
12
    on the atmosphere in tropics,
33
    on frozen soil,
93
    on hybernation,
102
    on potatoes,
304
    on earthquakes and rain,
375
    on miasma,
390
,
463
Humming-birds of Rio de Janeiro,
33
    of Chiloe,
289
Hurtado,
113
Hybernation of animals,
102
Hydrochærus capybara,
40
,
51
Hydrophobia,
377
Hyla,
30
Hymenophallus,
34

IBIS MELANOPS,
175
Ice, prismatic structure of,
347
Icebergs,
197
,
237
,
260
to 267
Incas' bridge,
357
,
380
,
394
Incrustations on coast rocks,
9
,
12
Indian fossil remains,
395
Indians, attacks of,
66
,
80
,
136
    antiquarian relics of,
48
,
109
    Araucanian,
66
,
321
    of the Pampas,
105
    decrease in numbers of,
108
    grave of,
179
,
198
    Patagonian,
245
    perforated stones used by,
285
    Valdivian,
321
    powers of tracking,
350
    ruins of houses of,
380
,
384
,
392
Infection,
463
Infusoria in dust in the Atlantic,
5
    in the sea,
16
,
168
    in the Pampas,
87
,
137
    in Patagonia,
180
    in white paint,
234
    in coral mud,
494
    at Ascension,
525
Insects first colonists of St. Paul's rocks,
10
    blown out to sea,
168
    of Patagonia,
180
,
349
    of Tierra del Fuego,
253
    of Galapagos,
403
,
417
,
419
    of Keeling Island,
485
    of St. Helena,
520
Instincts of birds,
96
,
423
Iodine with salt at Iquique,
388
Iquique,
386
Iron, oxide of, on rocks,
12
Irregular troops,
85
Islands, oceanic, volcanic,
8
    Antarctic,
263
    floating,
283
    Low,
429
,
497

JACKSON, Col., on frozen snow,
347
Jaguar, habits of,
143
Jajuel, mines of,
276
James Island,
402
,
420
Jemmy Button,
218
,
233
Juan Fernandez, volcano of,
332
    flora of,
418

KANGAROO-HUNTING,
469
Kater's Peak,
224
Kauri pine,
454
Keeling Island,
481
    inside an atoll,
481
    flora of,
483
    birds of,
485
,
486
    entomology of,
486
    subsidence of,
504
    Birgos latro,
512
Kelp, or seaweed,
253
,
254
Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body,
263
Kingfishers,
2
,
147
King George's Sound,
478
Kororadika,
447
,
453

LABOURERS, condition of, in Chile,
285
Lagoon-islands,
429
,
482
,
489
,
495
Lagostomus,
130
Lake, brackish, near Rio,
22
    with floating islands,
283
    formed during earthquake,
395
Lamarck on acquired blindness,
53
Lampyris,
31
Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree,
105
Land-shells,
371
,
519
,
520
Las Minas,
43
Lazo,
46
,
160
,
201
Leaves,
250
    fossil,
477
Leeks in New Zealand, imported,
455
Lemuy Island,
295
,
297
Lepus Magellanicus,
203
Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak,
147
    on rabbit of the Falklands,
203
Lichen on loose sand,
387
Lichtenstein on ostriches,
96
Lightning storms,
63
    tubes,
61
Lima,
389
,
392
    and San Lorenzo,
360
    elevation of a river near,
383
Lime, changed by lava into crystalline rock,
6
Limnæa in brackish water,
2
Lion-ant,
470
Lizard,
102
    marine species of,
407
Lizards, transport of,
404
Llama or guanaco, habits of,
175
Locusts,
351
Longevity of species in Mollusca,
87
Lorenzo, San, island of,
393
Low Archipelago,
429
,
497
Luciano, story of,
117
Lumb, Mr.,
158
,
164
Lund, M., on antiquity of man,
382
Lund and Clausen on fossils of Brazil,
138
,
183
Luxan,
130
,
351
Luxuriant vegetation not necessary to support large animals,
89
Lycosa,
36
Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo,
367
    on longevity of Mollusca,
87
    on change in vegetation,
126
    on fossil horses' teeth,
137
    on flocks of butterflies,
168
    on extinct mammals and ice-period,
184
    on stones twisted by earthquakes,
329
    on frozen snow,
347
    on distribution of animals,
349
    on subsidence in the Pacific,
498

MACCULLOCH on infection,
464
Macquarie river,
471
Macrauchenia,
86
,
182
Macrocystis,
253
Madrina, or godmother of a troop of mules,
336
Magdalen channel,
255
Magellan, flora of,
265
    H.M.S.
Beagle
in Straits of,
Beagle
    Straits of,
229
,
244
    Port Famine,
246
    kelp of,
267
Malays,
482
Malcolmson, Dr., on hail,
122
Maldiva atolls,
496
,
505
,
507
Maldonado,
41
,
47
,
61
,
65
,
145
Mammalia, fossil,
86
,
134
,
137
,
164
,
182
,
183
,
395
Man, antiquity of,
382
    body frozen,
264
    fossil remains of,
395
    fear of, an acquired instinct,
427
    extinction of races,
463
,
476
Mandetiba,
20
Mandioca or cassava,
23
,
27
Mare's flesh eaten by troops,
107
Mares killed for their hides,
163
Mastodon,
134
,
137
Maté pots and Bambillio,
118
Matter, granular, movements in,
104
Mauritius,
513
Maypu river,
338
Megalonyx,
86
,
139
Megatherium,
86
,
88
,
139
Mendoza,
352
    climate of,
345
Mercedes on the Rio Negro,
156
Mexico, elevation of,
139
Miasmata,
389
,
463
Mice inhabit sterile places,
384
    number of, in America,
51
    how transported,
307
,
404
    different on opposite sides of Andes,
348
    of the Galapagos,
403
    of Ascension,
523
Millepora,
493
Mills for grinding ores,
284
Mimosæ,
26
Mimus,
56
,
420
,
424
Miners, condition of,
277
,
283
,
362
,
370
Mines,
277
,
365
,
369
    how discovered,
340
Miranda, Commandant,
105
Missionaries at New Zealand,
446
Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Australia,
466
Mocking-bird,
56
,
420
,
424
Molina omits description of certain birds,
289
Molothrus, habits of,
54
Monkeys with prehensile tails,
29
Monte Video,
41
,
151
,
152
Moresby, Capt., on a great crab,
493
    on coral-reefs,
509
Mount Sarmiento,
247
,
256
    Tarn,
249
    Victoria,
47
Mountains, elevation of,
333
Movements in granular matter,
104
Mud, chalk-like,
494
    disturbed by earthquake,
328
Mules,
336
Muniz, Signor, on niata cattle,
155
Murray, Mr., on spiders,
170
Mylodon,
86
,
140
,
164
Myopotamus Coypus,
306