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| Preface | p. 11 |
| St. Jago - Cape de Verd Islands | p. 15 |
| Porto Praya | |
| Ribeira Grande | |
| Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria | |
| Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish | |
| St. Paul's Rocks, Non-Volcanic | |
| Singular Incrustations | |
| Insects the First Colonists of Islands | |
| Fernando Noronha | |
| Bahia | |
| Burnished Rocks | |
| Habits of a Diodon | |
| Pelagic Confervae and Infusoria | |
| Causes of Discolored Sea | |
| Rio de Janeiro | p. 37 |
| Rio de Janeiro | |
| Excursion North of Cape Frio | |
| Great Evaporation | |
| Slavery | |
| Botofogo Bay | |
| Terrestrial Planariae | |
| Clouds on the Corcovado | |
| Heavy Rain | |
| Musical Frogs | |
| Phosphorescent Insects | |
| Elater, Springing Powers of | |
| Blue Haze | |
| Noise Made by a Butterfly | |
| Entomology | |
| Ants | |
| Wasp Killing a Spider | |
| Parasitical Spider | |
| Artifices of an Epeira | |
| Gregarious Spider | |
| Spider with an Asymmetrical Web | |
| Maldonado | p. 63 |
| Montevideo | |
| Excursion to R. Polanco | |
| Lasso and Bolas | |
| Partridges | |
| Absence of Trees | |
| Deer | |
| Capybara, or River Hog | |
| Tucutuco | |
| Molothrus, Cuckoo-like Habits | |
| Tyrant-flycatcher | |
| Mockingbird | |
| Carrion Hawks | |
| Tubes Formed by Lightning | |
| House Struck | |
| Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca | p. 95 |
| Rio Negro | |
| Estancias Attacked by the Indians | |
| Salt Lakes | |
| Flamingoes | |
| R. Negro to R. Colorado | |
| Sacred Tree | |
| Patagonian Hare | |
| Indian Families | |
| General Rosas | |
| Proceed to Bahia Blanca | |
| Sand Dunes | |
| Negro Lieutenant | |
| Bahia Blanca | |
| Saline Incrustations | |
| Punta Alta | |
| Zorillo | |
| Bahia Blanca | p. 119 |
| Bahia Blanca | |
| Geology | |
| Numerous Gigantic Quadrupeds | |
| Recent Extinction | |
| Longevity of Species | |
| Large Animals Not Requiring Luxuriant Vegetation | |
| Southern Africa | |
| Siberian Fossils | |
| Two Species of Ostrich | |
| Habits of Ovenbird | |
| Armadillos | |
| Venomous Snake, Toad, Lizard | |
| Hibernation of Animals | |
| Habits of Sea-Pen | |
| Indian Wars and Massacres | |
| Arrowhead, Antiquarian Relic | |
| Bahia Blanca to Buenos Aires | p. 151 |
| Set Out for Buenos Aires | |
| Rio Sauce | |
| Sierra Ventana | |
| Third Posta | |
| Driving Horses | |
| Bolas | |
| Partridges and Foxes | |
| Features of the Country | |
| Long-legged Plover | |
| Teru-tero | |
| Hail-storm | |
| Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen | |
| Flesh of Puma | |
| Meat Diet | |
| Guardia del Monte | |
| Effects of Cattle on the Vegetation | |
| Cardoon | |
| Buenos Aires | |
| Corral Where Cattle are Slaughtered | |
| Buenos Aires and St. Fe | p. 173 |
| Excursion to St. Fe | |
| Thistle Beds | |
| Habits of the Bizcacha | |
| Little Owl | |
| Saline Streams | |
| Level Plain | |
| Mastodon | |
| St. Fe | |
| Change in Landscape | |
| Geology | |
| Tooth of Extinct Horse | |
| Relation of the Fossil and Recent Quadrupeds of North and South America | |
| Effects of a Great Drought | |
| Parana | |
| Habits of the Jaguar | |
| Scissor-beak | |
| Kingfisher, Parrot, and Scissortail | |
| Revolution | |
| Buenos Aires, State of Government | |
| Banda Oriental and Patagonia | p. 199 |
| Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento | |
| Value of an Estancia | |
| Cattle, How Counted | |
| Singular Breed of Oxen | |
| Perforated Pebbles | |
| Shepherd Dogs | |
| Horses broken-in, Gauchos Riding | |
| Character of Inhabitants | |
| Rio Plata | |
| Flocks of Butterflies | |
| Aeronaut Spiders | |
| Phosphorescence of the Sea | |
| Port Desire | |
| Guanaco | |
| Port St. Julian | |
| Geology of Patagonia | |
| Fossil of a Gigantic Animal | |
| Types of Organization Constant | |
| Change in the Zoology of America | |
| Causes of Extinction | |
| Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands | p. 245 |
| Santa Cruz | |
| Expedition up the River | |
| Indians | |
| Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava | |
| Fragments Not Transported by the River | |
| Excavations of the Valley | |
| Condor, Habits of | |
| Cordillera | |
| Erratic Boulders of Great Size | |
| Indian Relics | |
| Return to the Ship | |
| Falkland Islands | |
| Wild Horses, Cattle, Rabbits | |
| Wolf-like Fox | |
| Fire Made of Bones | |
| Manner of Hunting Wild Cattle | |
| Geology | |
| Streams of Stones | |
| Scenes of Violence | |
| Penguins | |
| Geese | |
| Eggs of Doris | |
| Compound Animals | |
| Tierra del Fuego | p. 281 |
| Tierra del Fuego, First Arrival | |
| Good Success Bay | |
| An Account of the Fuegians on Board | |
| Interview with the Savages | |
| Scenery of the Forests | |
| Cape Horn | |
| Wigwam Cove | |
| Miserable Condition of the Savages | |
| Famines | |
| Cannibals | |
| Matricide | |
| Religious Feelings | |
| Great Gale | |
| Beagle Channel | |
| Ponsonby Sound | |
| Wigwams and Settlements of the Fuegians | |
| Bifurcation of the Beagle Channel | |
| Glaciers | |
| Return to the Ship | |
| Second Visit in the Ship to the Settlement | |
| Equality of Condition amongst the Natives | |
| Strait of Magellan - Climate of the Southern Coasts | p. 317 |
| Strait of Magellan | |
| Port Famine | |
| Ascent of Mount Tarn | |
| Forests | |
| Edible Fungus | |
| Zoology | |
| Great Seaweed | |
| Leaving Tierra del Fuego | |
| Climate | |
| Fruit Trees and Productions of the Southern Coasts | |
| Height of Snow-line on the Cordillera | |
| Descent of Glaciers to the Sea | |
| Icebergs formed | |
| Transportal of Boulders | |
| Climate and Productions of the Antarctic Islands | |
| Preservation of Frozen Carcasses | |
| Recapitulation | |
| Central Chile | p. 345 |
| Valparaiso | |
| Excursion to the Foot of the Andes | |
| Structure of the Land | |
| Ascend the Bell of Quillota | |
| Shattered Masses of Greenstone | |
| Immense Valleys | |
| Mines | |
| State of Miners | |
| Santiago | |
| Hot-baths of Cauquenes | |
| Gold Mines | |
| Grinding-mills | |
| Perforated Stones | |
| Habits of the Puma | |
| El Turco and Tapacolo | |
| Hummingbirds | |
| Chiloe and Chonos Islands | p. 373 |
| Chiloe | |
| General Aspect | |
| Boat Excursion | |
| Native Indians | |
| Castro | |
| Tame Fox | |
| Ascending San Pedro | |
| Chonos Archipelago | |
| Peninsula of Tres Montes | |
| Granitic Range | |
| Boat-wrecked Sailors | |
| Low's Harbor | |
| Wild Potato | |
| Formation of Peat | |
| Myopotamus, Otter and Mice | |
| Cheucau and Barking-bird | |
| Opetiorhynchus | |
| Singular Character of Ornithology | |
| Petrels | |
| Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake | p. 399 |
| San Carlos, Chiloe | |
| Osorno in Eruption, Contemporaneously with Aconcagua and Coseguina | |
| Riding to Cucao | |
| Impenetrable Forests | |
| Valdivia Indians | |
| Earthquake | |
| Concepcion | |
| Great Earthquake | |
| Rocks Fissured | |
| Appearance of the Former Towns | |
| The Sea Black and Boiling | |
| Direction of the Vibrations | |
| Stones Twisted Round | |
| A Great Wave | |
| Permanent Elevation of the Land | |
| Area of Volcanic Phenomena | |
| The Connection between the Elevatory and Eruptive Forces | |
| Cause of Earthquakes | |
| Slow Elevation of Mountain Chains | |
| Passage of the Cordillera | p. 429 |
| Valparaiso | |
| Portillo Pass | |
| Sagacity of Mules | |
| Mountain- torrents | |
| Mines, How Discovered | |
| Proofs of the Gradual Elevation of the Cordillera | |
| Effect of Snow on Rocks | |
| Geological Structure of the Two Main Ranges, Their Distinct Origin and Upheaval | |
| Great Subsidence | |
| Red Snow | |
| Winds | |
| Pinnacles of Snow | |
| Dry and Clear Atmosphere | |
| Electricity | |
| Pampas | |
| Zoology of the Opposite Side of the Andes | |
| Locusts | |
| Great Bugs | |
| Mendoza | |
| Uspallata Pass | |
| Silicified Trees Buried as They Grew | |
| Incas Bridge | |
| Badness of the Passes Exaggerated | |
| Cumbre | |
| Casuchas | |
| Valparaiso | |
| Northern Chile and Peru | p. 461 |
| The Coast-Road to Coquimbo | |
| Great Loads Carried by the Miners | |
| Coquimbo | |
| Earthquake | |
| Step-Formed Terrace | |
| Absence of Recent Deposits | |
| Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations | |
| Excursion up the Valley | |
| Road to Guasco | |
| Deserts | |
| Valley of Copiapo | |
| Rain and Earthquakes | |
| Hydrophobia | |
| The Despoblado | |
| Indian Ruins | |
| Probable Change of Climate | |
| River-bed Arched by an Earthquake | |
| Cold Gales of Wind | |
| Noises from a Hill | |
| Iquique | |
| Salt Alluvium | |
| Nitrate of Soda | |
| Lima | |
| Unhealthy Country | |
| Ruins of Callao, Overthrown by an Earthquake | |
| Recent Subsidence | |
| Elevated Shells on San Lorenzo, Their Decomposition | |
| Plain with Embedded Shells and Fragments of Pottery | |
| Antiquity of the Indian Race | |
| Galapagos Archipelago | p. 509 |
| The Whole Group Volcanic | |
| Numbers of Craters | |
| Leafless Bushes Colony at Charles Island | |
| James Island | |
| Salt Lake in Crater | |
| Natural History of the Group | |
| Ornithology, Curious Finches | |
| Reptiles | |
| Great Tortoises, Habits of | |
| Marine Lizard, Feeds on Seaweed | |
| Terrestrial Lizard, Burrowing Habits, Herbivorous | |
| Importance of Reptiles in the Archipelago | |
| Fish, Shells, Insects | |
| Botany | |
| American Type of Organization | |
| Differences in the Species or Races on Different Islands | |
| Tameness of the Birds | |
| Fear of Man, an Acquired Instinct | |
| Tahiti and New Zealand | p. 549 |
| Passing through the Low Archipelago | |
| Tahiti | |
| Aspect | |
| Vegetation on the Mountains | |
| View of Eimeo | |
| Excursion into the Interior | |
| Profound Ravines | |
| Succession of Waterfalls | |
| Number of Wild Useful Plants | |
| Temperance of the Inhabitants | |
| Their Moral State | |
| Parliament Convened | |
| New Zealand | |
| Bay of Islands | |
| Hippahs | |
| Excursion to Waimate | |
| Missionary Establishment | |
| English Weeds Now Run Wild | |
| Waiomio | |
| Funeral of a New Zealand Woman | |
| Sailing for Australia | |
| Australia | p. 587 |
| Sydney | |
| Excursion to Bathurst | |
| Aspect of the Woods | |
| Party of Natives | |
| Gradual Extinction of the Aborigines | |
| Infection Generated by Associated Men in Health | |
| Blue Mountains | |
| View of the Grand Gulf-like Valleys | |
| Their Origin and formation | |
| Bathurst, General Civility of the Lower Orders | |
| State of Society | |
| Van Diemen's Land | |
| Hobart Town | |
| Aborigines All Banished | |
| Mount Wellington | |
| King George's Sound | |
| Cheerless Aspect of the Country | |
| Bald Head, Calcareous Casts of Branches of Trees | |
| Party of Natives | |
| Leaving Australia | |
| Keeling Island - Coral Formations | p. 615 |
| Keeling Island | |
| Singular Appearance | |
| Scanty Flora | |
| Transport of Seeds | |
| Birds and Insects | |
| Ebbing and Flowing Springs | |
| Fields of Dead Coral | |
| Stones Transported in the Roots of Trees | |
| Great Crab | |
| Stinging Corals | |
| Coral-Eating Fish | |
| Coral Formations | |
| Lagoon Islands, or Atolls | |
| Deep Reef-building Corals | |
| Vast Areas with Low Coral Islands | |
| Subsidence of Their Foundations | |
| Barrier Reefs | |
| Fringing Reefs | |
| Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, and into Atolls | |
| Evidence of Changes in Level | |
| Breaches in Barrier Reefs | |
| Maldiva Atolls, Their Peculiar Structure | |
| Dead and Submerged Reefs | |
| Areas of Subsidence and Elevation | |
| Distribution of Volcanoes | |
| Vast Amount and Slow Subsidence | |
| Mauritius to England | p. 655 |
| Mauritius, Beautiful Appearance of | |
| Great Crateriform Ring of Mountains | |
| Hindus | |
| St. Helena | |
| History of the Changes in the Vegetation | |
| Cause of the Extinction of Land Shells | |
| Ascension | |
| Variation in the Imported Rats | |
| Volcanic Bombs | |
| Beds of Infusoria | |
| Bahia | |
| Brazil | |
| Splendor of Tropical Scenery | |
| Pernambuco | |
| Singular Reef | |
| Slavery | |
| Return to England | |
| Retrospect on our Voyage | |
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