| INTRODUCTION. |
| PAGE |
| Object of the Voyage—Former Surveys of Straits of Magellan—Changeof Programme—Selection of Ship—Equipment—Arrangements forNatural History Work—Change of Captain—List of Officers | [1-4] |
| CHAPTER I. |
| Departure from England—Storm Petrels—A Sparrow-hawk at Sea—CollectingSurface Organisms with Tow-net—Water-kite—WireSounding Apparatus—Land-swallow at Sea—Gulfweed—Phosphorescenceof Sea-water—Arrive at Madeira—Curious Town—DredgingWork—A Pinery—Discoloured Sea-water—Petrels again—St. Vincent—Capede Verde—Pelagic Animals—Sounding near AbrolhosBank—Dredging over Hotspur Bank—Dredging over Victoria Bank—Mothsand Butterflies on the Ocean—Extraordinary Vitality ofSphinx Moths—Arrive at Monte Video—Gauchos—Trip into Interiorof Uruguay—Buenos Ayres—Dr. Burmeister's Museum—Arrive atthe Falklands—"Stone Runs" | [5-33] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| We enter Straits of Magellan—Reach Sandy Point—Gold and Coal—SurroundingCountry—Elizabeth Island—Dredging—Fuegians atPort Famine—We enter Smyth's Channel—Canoe "Portage" atIsthmus Bay—Arrive at Tom Bay—A Fuegian Family—TrinidadChannel—Climate of Western Patagonia—Flora—Rock Formation—Soilcap—Natives—TheChannel Tribe of Fuegians—Scarcity ofOld People—Water-birds of Tom Bay—Sea Otters—A Concealed"Portage"—Habits of Gulls and Shags—Steamer-ducks—Land-shells—Fresh-waterFish—Deer | [34-65] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Trinidad Channel gouged out by Glaciers—Port Henry—Trumpet-shells—NativeCamp—Wolsey Sound—"Cache Diablo"—"Ripple-marked"Limestone—Fuegian Burial-place—Marine Animals—StrangeCapture of Fish—Whales Abundant—Exploration of PictonChannel—Attack on Sealers—Signs of Old Ice Action—"Hailstone"Rock—Soil motion—We proceed Northward to Refit—EnglishNarrows—Gulf of Peñas | [66-80] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Arrival at Valparaiso—War between Chili, Peru, and Bolivia—Sir GeorgeNares returns to England—Captain Maclear joins—Coquimbo—ShellTerraces—Trip to Las Cardas—Habits of Pteroptochus—Islandof St. Ambrose—Habits of Petrels—Flight of the Albatross—Santiagode Chilé—Natural History Museum—Santa Lucia—Churchof La Compania—Heights of Montenegro—A Fly-trap Plant—Copper minesof Brillador—Peculiarities of Chilian Mines—Talcahuano—Outbreakof Small-pox—Isla de los Reyes—Shooting a"Coypo"—Railway Trip to Araucanian Territory—Our Locomotive—Incidentsof the Journey—Fossil Tree-trunk at QuiriquinaIsland | [81-102] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| We return to Patagonian Waters—Gulf of Peñas—Spring in the TrinidadChannel—Gephyrean at Cockle Cove—Diving Petrel—Tree Cormorants—MagellanKingfisher—A Curious Moss—Wind-sweptBushes—Gull, Cormorant, and Skua—Examination of Brazo delNorte—Black-necked Swan—A Sealer's Yarn—Fur-seal Trade—Hardshipsof Seal-hunting—Otter Skins—Experiment with Condor—Fuegiansat Tilly Bay—Flaking Glass Arrow-heads—List of FuegianWords—The Maranhense—A Magellan Glacier—Native Fish-weirs—TheMagellan Nutria | [103-126] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| We proceed towards Skyring Water—Otway Water—Canal of FitzroyTerrace-levels—Plants and Animals—Bay of the Mines—PreviousExplorers—The Coal Mines—Altamirano Bay—Prospects of theSettlement—A Seal "Rookery"—Puerto Bueno—We proceedNorthwards—Port Riofrio—Gray Harbour—Sailing for Coast of Chili—Small-poxamongst the Chilians—Discoloured Sea-water—Habitsof Ant Thrush | [127-143] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Early History of Tahiti—Otaheite and Tahiti—Its appearance from Seaward—Harbourof Papiété—Produce—Matavai Bay—Tahiti annexedto France—Prince Tamitao—Annexation Festivities—KingPomare V.—Coral growing on Ship's Bottom—Nassau Island—DangerIslands—Tema Reef—Union Group—Nukunono—Oatáfu—Nativesafflicted with a Skin Disease—Stone Implements—ReligiousScruples—Metal Fish-hooks not appreciated—Capriciousness ofSharks—Lalla Rookh Bank | [144-158] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Arrival at Fiji—Levuka—Ratu Joe comes on Board—Excursion to Bauin Viti Levu—We visit King Cacobau—A Native Feast—Lalis—Tapa—TheBure Kalou—Bakola—Old Fijian Atrocities—DoubleCanoe—Stone Adzes now becoming rare—Angona Drinking—SirArthur Gordon—Walk across Ovalau—The Kaicolos—An ImprudentSettler—Pine-apple Cultivation—Periophthalmus—Suva—Site ofFuture Capital—Sail towards Tonga Islands—Pelagic Animals—EarlyHistory of Tonga—Missionaries—Nukualofa—A Costly Pairof Gates—Visit to Bea—Davita—Evidence of Elevation of Island—KingGeorge of Tonga—Wellington Gnu—Curious Stone Monument—Tripto Village of Hifo—We are entertained by the Natives—FamousCaves—Eyeless Fish—Swifts behaving like Bats—Searchingfor Reefs—Discolouration of Sea-water—Return to Levuka—Voyageto Australia—Surface Life | [159-179] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Refitting Ship at Sydney—Mr. Haswell joins us—We proceed Northwardsalong East Coast of Australia—Port Curtis, Queensland—A"Labour Vessel"—Mr. Eastlake—Marine Fauna abundant—Festivitiesat Gladstone—Birds—Percy Islands—Survey of PortMolle—Queensland Aborigines—"Black Police"—"Dispersing"Black fellows—Dredging Operations—A Parasitic Shell-fish—PortDenison—Visit to a Native Camp—Throwing the Boomerang—ABeche-de-mer Establishment at Lizard Island—Hostility of theNatives—Drawings by Aborigines at Clack Island—Albany Island,North-Eastern Australia | [180-193] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Settlement at Thursday Island—Torres Straits Islanders—Pearl-ShellFisheries—Value of the Shell—Pearls not abundant—NeighbouringIslands—Lizards—Land-crab—Land-shells—Ferns—Birds—BoobyIsland—Arrive at Port Darwin, North-Western Australia—SubmarineCables—Trans-continental Telegraph—Palmerston—NorthernTerritory Gold-fields—Aborigines at Port Darwin—Marine Fauna—Birds—Geeseperching on Trees | [194-208] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Voyage from Port Darwin to Singapore—Through the Eastern Archipelago—Wearrive at Singapore—Oceanic "Tiderips"—BirdIsland, Seychelles—Sea-birds on Land—Port Mahé, Seychelles—TheCoco-de-Mer—Gigantic Tortoise—Produce of the Islands—Vanilla—APrimitive Crushing-mill—Dredging Operations—Periophthalmus—TheSeychelles, of Granitic Structure—We visitthe Amirante Group—African Islands—Abundance of Orbitolites—Crabspursued by Eels—Eagle Island—Partridge shooting—YoungLizards—Darros Island—Casuarinas—Dredging—Poivre Island—Treesand Shrubs—Isle des Roches—Flora scanty—Land-birds—GeneralRemarks on the Amirantes as a Group—"Fringing Reefs,"but no "Barrier Reefs"—Signs of Elevation—Weather and LeeSides contrasted | [209-229] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Alphonse Island—Pearl-shell—Providence Island—Method of plantingCocoa-nuts—Edible Turtle—Flora—Red Coral—Cerf Islets—St.Pierre—Du Lise Island—Flora and Fauna—Erratic Stones onCoral Reef—Glorioso Island—We sail for Mozambique Island—Andsight East Coast of Africa—Trade at Mozambique—Inhabitants—Caju—Shellsof Foreshore—The Survey concluded—HomewardBound—Cape of Good Hope—Egg of the Epiornis—Arrivalat Plymouth | [230-245] |
| General Index | [246] |
| Index of Natural History Terms | [253] |