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The wilds of Patagonia

Chapter 23: INDEX
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This narrative recounts the experiences of a Swedish expedition to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands from 1907 to 1909. Led by a botanist, the team undertook geological, botanical, and ethnographic studies while navigating the diverse landscapes and challenges of the region. The work details encounters with local wildlife, the geography of the Patagonian channels, and interactions with indigenous peoples. It also reflects on the hardships faced during the journey, the camaraderie among the expedition members, and the support received from various communities. The narrative combines adventure with scientific exploration, offering insights into the natural history and cultural aspects of the areas visited.

INDEX

  • Acevedo, Captain P., 297
  • Acigami, Lake, 300;
  • boat excursion on, 301;
  • high summits west of, 301
  • Aconcagua, Mount, 132;
  • river journey along, 129
  • Adalbert Channel, passing through, 87
  • Adam, Mount, ascent of, 21
  • Admiralty Inlet, nature of, 38
  • Albatross Channel, passing through, 87
  • Albatrosses, fishing of, 315
  • Alerce, 108
  • Allardyce, W. L., ix, 3, 31
  • Allen, A. L., x.
  • Allen Gardiner Bay, visit to, 303
  • Alm, steamer, 90
  • Alstrœmeria, 210
  • Ancud, aspect of, 106;
  • cathedral, 108;
  • harbour, 106;
  • plaza, 108;
  • schools, 107
  • Andersson, A., 320
  • Andersson, J. G., vii, 40, 303, 306, 307, 308
  • Andersson, K., 300
  • Andrew Sound, visit to, 87
  • Anita Channel, narrow passage in, 82
  • Antarctic Expedition, 40
  • Anthus antarcticus, 320
  • Antiguos River, adventurous descent to, 216
  • Arauco district, geological survey in, 126
  • Arauz Bay, seeking refuge in, 74
  • Arctocephalus australis, 320
  • Argentino, Lake, boat excursion on, 272;
  • icebergs, 277;
  • storms, 275, 276
  • Aristotelia magui, 137
  • Armadillo, 209
  • Arrayán, 195
  • Asado, 43, 169
  • Aspero, Mount, ascent of, 235
  • Auchenia huanaco, 42
  • Aysen Valley, 193;
  • excursion to the Pacific, 194;
  • roads, 193, 194
  • Azara, Lake, boat excursion on, 234
  • Azara lanceolata, 195
  • Azopardo River, camping at, 39;
  • canvas boat on, 57
  • Azopardo Valley, 41
  • Baguales Mountains, South Patagonia, crossing of, 267
  • Baguales Range, Aysen Valley, crossing of, 194
  • Bahia del Padre, visit to, 143
  • Baker Company, 86
  • Baker Inlet, visit to, 86
  • Baker, River, crossing of, 239;
  • sources, 225
  • Balæna australis, 324
  • Balanids on whales, 327
  • Baleens, treatment of, 328
  • Bamboo, 115, 196
  • Bariloche, visit to, 162;
  • departure from, 165
  • Barrow Cove, visit to, 298
  • Bay of Isles, visit to, 322
  • Beagle Channel, ancient shore-lines in, 305;
  • glaciers, 299;
  • nature of east part, 305;
  • of west part, 299, 311
  • Belgrano, Lake, camping on, 229;
  • boat excursion, 233;
  • nature of, 233;
  • shallow part, 237
  • Benney, Messrs., x, 21
  • Berberís buxifolia, 56;
  • Darwinii, 115
  • Berthon boats, excursions with, 41, 45, 247
  • Bertrand, R., x.
  • Betbeder Valley, survey of, 40, 51
  • Billing, J., 127
  • Bismarck Glacier, remarkable nature of, 273
  • Blanco, Mount, 236 (west of Lake Belgrano); 287 (west of Payne)
  • Blechnum magellanicum, 84
  • Boklund, Mr., 133
  • Bolus, Mr., x, 25
  • Bordes, J., 75, 77, 79, 87
  • Brand, Mr., 190
  • Brecknock Passage, 298
  • Bridges, Th., 302
  • Bridges, W., 40, 306
  • Brockow, C., 33
  • Brookes, Mr., 205
  • Brunel, A., 263
  • Bueno, Point, 89;
  • Indians in, 84
  • Buenos Aires, Lake, visit to, 206;
  • Mount, ascent of, 266
  • Buller, Cape, 322
  • Burbury, T., 268, 271, 278
  • Cabeza del Mar, nature of, 295
  • Cachalote, steamer, 313;
  • damage to, 314
  • “Calafate,” 56
  • Calbuco, volcano, 158
  • Cameron, A., 271
  • Camp, V., 329
  • Campsidium chilense, 99
  • “Canelo,” 56
  • Cangrejo River, camping at, 260
  • Canis Azaræ, 279;
  • falklandicus, 13
  • Caracoles, railway station, 130
  • Carbón River, valley of, 243
  • Casma, steamer, 134
  • Castillo farm, visit to, 268
  • Castro, appearance and history of, 117
  • Cattle, Mr., 265
  • Centinela, Mount, 221;
  • valley of, 267
  • Cereus, 128
  • Chacao Channel, 106
  • Chaigneau, F., 33
  • Chalía River, sources of, 199
  • Challenger Expedition, 30
  • “Charqui” (dried meat), 111
  • Chasm Reach, echo in, 87
  • “Chaura,” 56
  • “Chicha,” 110
  • Chilcas River, camping at, 213
  • Chile, central valley of, 128;
  • longitudinal railway, 133;
  • national feast, 132
  • Chilean money, fluctuation of, 296
  • Chiliotrichum diffusum, 245
  • Chiloé, bullock-carts, 115;
  • Catholic church, 107;
  • culture of potatoes, 114;
  • excursions on horseback, 111;
  • flamingos, 113;
  • forests, 115;
  • history, 104;
  • life in, 110;
  • nature, 109;
  • oysters, 112;
  • roads, 108, 111, 115;
  • valuable timber, 108;
  • whaling, 112
  • Chilotes, character of, 109
  • Chloëphaga, 28, 44
  • Chubut River, crossing of, 175
  • Chusquea colihue, 115;
  • quila, 115
  • “Ciruelillo,” 196
  • Cisnes Valley, excursion into, 188
  • Ciudad de los Césares, 151
  • Clarke, Mr., 180
  • Cobb, F. E., ix.
  • Cochamó Company, 184
  • Cochayuyo, 110
  • Colihue, 115, 196
  • Compañía, Argentina de Pesca, 313;
  • comercial y Ganadera Chile-Argentina, 156, 172;
  • industrial del Rio Aysen, 193
  • Concepcion, visit to, 126
  • Condor, 50, 244
  • Condor, steamer, 298
  • Consuelo Harbour, visit to, 288
  • Contreras, Mount, 268
  • “Copihue,” 84, 254
  • Corcolén, 195
  • Corcovado Gulf, volcanoes, 113, 122;
  • Mount Corcovado, landing at, 123
  • Corintos River, crossing of, 181
  • Coronel, visit to, 126
  • Corral, visit to, 125
  • Cox, G., 153
  • Coyaike bajo, visit to, 193
  • Crown Princess Victoria, steamer, returning on, 329
  • Ctenomys magellanicus, 189
  • Cuarenta Dias Harbour, visit to, 79
  • Cumberland Bay, 317
  • Curtis, Mr., 129
  • Cutter Cove, visit to, 63
  • Cypress, 84
  • Dafonte, Mr., 310
  • Darwin, Ch., 30, 75, 105, 120, 144, 152, 299, 308
  • Darwin Glacier, 300;
  • Harbour, 28
  • Dasypus minutus, 209
  • Dawson Island, visit to mission station, 35
  • Day, R., 183
  • Deseado, Lake, excursion to, 37;
  • River, nature of, 212
  • Diaz Palacios, Lake, 62
  • Diomedea chlororhyncha, 16;
  • exulans, 320
  • Donoso, Mount, ascent of, 281
  • Douglas Bay, visit to mission station, 302
  • Dreyfus, Mr., 112
  • Drimys Winteri, 43
  • Duc d’Aumale, sailing vessel, 15
  • Dun, Mr., 193
  • Durvillea, 9, 110
  • Dusén, P., 156
  • Eberhard, H., 288, 291
  • Edwards, Port, 311
  • Ekdahl, G., 127
  • Embothrium coccineum, 196
  • Empetrum rubrum, 51
  • English-Argentine Land Company, 176
  • English Harbour, landing in, 142
  • English Narrows, 85
  • Escallonia, 250
  • Escarpada Island, old Indian camp on, 66
  • Esguel Mountains, 180
  • Espersen, Mr., 205
  • Eudyptes chrysocome, 16;
  • remarkable track of, 17
  • Evangelistas Islands, landing on, 80;
  • nature of, 81
  • Excelsior Sound, Indian portage in, 101
  • Fagnano, Lake, appearance of, 42;
  • arrival at, 43;
  • boat trip on, 54;
  • camp at, 47;
  • depth of, 57;
  • history of exploration, 34;
  • return from, 58;
  • road past, 306
  • Falkland Islands, albatross rookery, 16;
  • alpine plants, 21;
  • bishop, 4;
  • boggy ground, 29;
  • climate, 5, 21, 23;
  • climate during Ice Age, 17;
  • fossil forest, 18;
  • foxes, 13;
  • history, 22, 30;
  • lack of trees, 6, 17;
  • marine life, 8, 9;
  • mountainous district, 21;
  • nature, 6, 10;
  • origin of stone-runs, 18;
  • outlying islands, 13, 14;
  • penguin rookery, 16;
  • position, 2;
  • riding in, 19, 24, 27, 30;
  • sheepfarming, 20;
  • shepherds, 20;
  • tidal currents, 11, 12, 22;
  • tussock grass, 7, 16;
  • wild cattle, 12
  • Falkland Island Company, 4
  • Fallos Channel, 87
  • Felis concolor, 203
  • Felix Lighthouse, 90
  • Felton, A., x, 15
  • Fenix River, 207;
  • vegetation at, 210;
  • water-divide of, 212
  • Ferrier, W., 280, 285, 286
  • Fitzroy’s excursion in Patagonia, 152
  • Fitzroy Channel, 65
  • Fitzroya Patagonica, 108
  • Flach, C., 185
  • Foley, Ch., x, 28
  • Fonck, C., 153
  • Fontaine River, survey of valley, 44
  • Fósiles River, floating soil at sources, 244;
  • geological discoveries at, 245;
  • mountain pass, 245
  • Fortuna, Port, 298
  • Fox Bay, visit to, 25
  • Frank, S., 246
  • Fria, Laguna, 160
  • Frias Valley, excursion into, 188
  • Frio, Lago, 274
  • Froward, Cape, 63, 311
  • Fuchsia magellanica, 65
  • Fuhr, K., 263
  • Furcifer chilensis, 189
  • Furlong, Ch., 307
  • Gable Island, fossils on, 306
  • Gajardo Channel, survey in, 69, 70
  • Gajardo, T., 62
  • Galapagos Islands, 144
  • Gallant, Port, Indians in, 77
  • Gardiner, H., 152
  • Gesa Inlet, discovery of, 289
  • Gio River, camping at, 221
  • Girling, W. C., ix, 2
  • Glacier Sound, 299
  • Glossopteris, 27, 312
  • Glossotherium, 290
  • Gomez, Port, visits to, 38, 61
  • Granfelt, G., 126
  • Grappler, Port, Indians in, 84, 85
  • de Grey, Lake and River, 286
  • Guanaco, 42, 52, 208;
  • curiosity of, 220;
  • large herds, 179, 191;
  • tracks, 41, 45, 219
  • Guia Narrows, Indians in, 84
  • Gunnera peltata, 139
  • Guyon, Mr., 66
  • Gyldén, O., 1
  • Halle, J. G., viii.
  • Harberton Harbour, visit to, 306, 310
  • Harding, W., ix, 4, 27
  • “Harina tostada,” 111
  • Hatcher Expedition, 155, 242
  • Hauthal, R., 155, 273
  • Herrera, Mr., 304
  • Hielo, River, 286;
  • sources of, 287
  • Hill Cove, settlement in, 19
  • Hogberg, C., 240, 247
  • Holdich, Sir J., 155
  • Hooker, Sir J. D., 30
  • Hope Bay, camping in, 38, 59
  • Hoste Island, 303
  • Howard, Port, 24
  • Huafo Island, excursion to, 118;
  • forests on, 119;
  • gales, 118, 120;
  • wild dogs, 119
  • Huapiguilan Islands, 118, 120
  • Huemul, first encounter, 189;
  • hunting, 218, 226;
  • tameness, 220, 283
  • Huemul, steamer, 33, 60, 62, 65;
  • aground, 72;
  • damaged, 73
  • Huilliches, 105
  • Hülphers, H., 286
  • Hush Indians, 307
  • Hymenophyllum, 66, 139
  • Icy Reach, drifting ice in, 85
  • Inca Lake, 130
  • Indians of Patagonian Channels, appearance, 92;
  • food, 95;
  • future, 103;
  • garments, 94;
  • habits, 93, 94;
  • industry, 94, 97;
  • language, 102;
  • polygamy, 97;
  • portages, 101;
  • travels, 99, 100;
  • weapons, 96
  • Indian canoe, construction of, 91, 99
  • Indian interpreter, 77
  • Inocentes Channel, 85
  • Jeinemeni Valley, difficult passage, 217
  • Jerome Channel, nature of, 63;
  • nightly passage, 73
  • Johow, F., 139
  • Jones, Mr., 162
  • Joya, Lake, 235
  • Juan Fernandez Islands, arrival at, 135;
  • first appearance, 135;
  • history of discovery, 146;
  • lobsters, 147;
  • magui, 137;
  • palm trees, 138;
  • remarkable flora, 137;
  • sandal tree, 141;
  • situation, 134
  • Juania australis, 138
  • Juncal, railway station, 129
  • Kachaik, Mount, aspect of, 258
  • Karl, steamer, hunting whales on, 324
  • Kelpgeese, 44
  • Kentish Islands, 88
  • King, Cape, 82
  • Koslowsky Valley, 201
  • Krüger, P., 155
  • Laccolites in the Andes, 236, 282
  • Lacteo River, 237
  • Lafonia, district, nature of, 27
  • Lafonia, schooner, 10, 13, 25, 27
  • Landgren, T., 122
  • Lapataia, visit to, 300
  • Larson, C. A., 313, 320, 321
  • Larus Scoresbyi, 28
  • Las Cuevas, railway station, 131
  • Laurel, 108, 195
  • Laurelia serrata, 195
  • Lebu, 126
  • Lehmann-Nietsche, R., 307
  • Lelej, English farm, 176, 178
  • Leña dura, 286
  • León, F., 152
  • Leona River, 261;
  • bare landscape near, 262
  • Lessonia, 19, 22
  • Libocedrus chilensis, 162;
  • tetragona, 84, 108, 121
  • Lista, R., 154
  • Lista Valley, aspect of, 241
  • Llanguihue Province, colonisation in, 157
  • Los Amigos, stay at, 65
  • Los Andes, visit to, 128, 132
  • Lota, famous pack in, 126
  • Löwenborg, A., 33, 129
  • Löwenborg Lake, 53
  • Luche, 110
  • Luma, 108
  • Lundberg, Mr. (Koslowsky Valley), 205
  • Lundberg, Mr. (Lapataia), 300
  • Macrocystis, 10, 79
  • Macrorhinus leoninus, 319
  • Maldonado, R., 116
  • Mañiú, 84, 195
  • Mañiuales River, excursion to, 195
  • Margueirat, F., 297
  • Maria, Mount, ascent of, 24
  • Marsippospermum grandiflorum, 94
  • Martial Mountains, aspect of, 305
  • Masafuera Island, ascent of, 144;
  • flora, 144, 146;
  • future, 148;
  • penal settlement, 147;
  • topography, 144, 146;
  • wild goats, 144
  • Masatierra Island, topography of, 136, 138
  • Mascardi, Father, mission journeys of, 152
  • Mascarello River, 42;
  • camping at, 46
  • Mata Blanca, 245
  • Maté, 49
  • Mathews, Mr., x, 24
  • Mayer, Mr., 39
  • Mayer River, 242
  • Mayo River, boggy ground along, 199
  • Maytén, farm, 175
  • Maytenus magellanica, 286
  • Megaptera, 326
  • Merino, J. E., 117
  • Meseta Chalia, difficult crossing of, 199
  • Meseta Guenguel, pass across, 206
  • Meseta del Viento, crossing, 259
  • Messier Channel, 85
  • Meteoro, steamer, 76
  • Miguens, A., 181
  • Miller, Mr., x.
  • Mogole, Lake, 236
  • Montt, J., 75, 127
  • Moreno, F. P., 153, 212
  • Morro Chico, stopping at, 292
  • Moyano, Mr., 153
  • Mulinum spinosum, 167
  • Müller, F., 49, 54
  • Murray Narrows, 302
  • Musters, G., 153
  • Mylodon Cave, visit to, 289, 291
  • Myrcengenia apiculata, 195
  • Myrtus luma, 108
  • Nahuelhuapi, Lake, 161
  • Navarin Island, 302
  • Ñire, 41
  • Ñirehuao Valley, excursions in, 191
  • Ñires River, camping at, 241
  • Nordenskiöld, E., 290
  • Nordenskjöld, O., 40, 289
  • Ñorquinco, last telegraph office, 172
  • Nothofagus antarctica, 41, 65, 89;
  • betuloides, 43;
  • pumilio, 51, 64
  • Obstruction Sound, Indian road to, 101
  • Ogmorhinus leptonyx, 319
  • Olivia, Mount, 305
  • Ona Indians, 306
  • Orange Bay, visit to, 308
  • Oravia, steamer, 1, 2
  • Oronsa, steamer, 31
  • Osborne, Mr., 13
  • Osorno volcano, 157
  • Otway Station, visit to, 293
  • Otway Water, nature of, 64
  • Pacheco Island, 82
  • Packe, V., x.
  • Packsaddle Bay, visit to, 304
  • Pagels, A., 34, 62, 150, 162
  • Palinurus frontalis, 147
  • Pampa Chica, stay at, 184
  • Pascua River, 249
  • Patagonia, alpine flora, 220;
  • boundary dispute, 154;
  • camping in, 169, 170;
  • cedars, 162;
  • dryness of, 187;
  • equipment for voyage in, 163;
  • forests in, 182, 195, 234;
  • foxes, tameness of, 279;
  • fur trade, 208;
  • history of discoveries, 151, 154;
  • horses, 163;
  • hospitality, 184;
  • journey planned, 150;
  • lamb-marking, 192;
  • life of peons, 177;
  • ostriches, 179;
  • rapid changes of temperature, 211;
  • salt-lagoons, 18;
  • solifluction, 200;
  • swamps, 198;
  • table-mountains, 188;
  • thefts of horses, 174;
  • water-birds, 187, 213;
  • vegetation of pampas, 107, 182, 203
  • Patagonian Channels, animal life in, 83;
  • forests, 84;
  • glaciers, 299;
  • latitudinal changes of vegetation, 84;
  • meeting Indians in, 82, 84, 85;
  • nature, 83;
  • scenery, 78;
  • traffic, 84;
  • weather, 79, 83;
  • western passage, 85
  • Patagonian skerries, nature of, 79
  • Payne, Mount, ascent of, 282;
  • aspect of, 280;
  • geology, 282, 284
  • Pearce, J., 8
  • Peel Inlet, survey in, 88;
  • possibility of crossing inland ice to, 287
  • Pembroke lighthouse, 7, 8
  • Penas Gulf, visit to, 85
  • Peninsula, Lake, 236
  • Perez-Rosales Pass, crossing of, 160
  • Pernettya mucronata, 56
  • Peulla, arrival in, 159;
  • forests round, 161
  • Pico River, visit to German settlement, 188
  • Pillar cactus, 128
  • Pitt Channel, bad anchorage in, 87
  • Philesia buxifolia, 84, 254
  • Philippi, F., 141
  • Philippi, R. A., 153
  • Philomel, Port, 11
  • Poa flabellata, 16
  • Podocarpus nubigena, 84
  • Poncho, 107, 129, 164
  • Popper, J., 309
  • Port Egmont, old settlement in, 22
  • Port Louis, 30
  • Port Stanley, life in, 3
  • Porvenir, steamer, 296
  • Posadas, Lake, visit to, 222, 224
  • Pot Harbour, changes in, 317
  • Potrancas, rivulet, 242
  • Preston, Mr., 176
  • Primero de Mayo, 297
  • Princess Ingeborg, leave Sweden on, 1
  • Principio, Mount, camping at, 222
  • Pudeto River, voyage up, 113
  • Pudú, 115
  • Puerto Blest, 160;
  • snowstorm in, 161
  • Puerto Montt, departure from, 156
  • Puerto Varas, 157
  • Pueyrredon, Lake, visit to, 222
  • Puma, 203
  • Punta Arenas, 32, 199, 312
  • Quebrada de las Casas, 144
  • Queen Adelaide group, 82
  • Quellon, visit to, 122
  • Quemado, Mount, camping at, 177
  • Quensel, P. D., viii.
  • Querquedula Eatoni, 320
  • Quila, 115
  • Quillango, 208
  • Ramirez, Chilean settlement, 83
  • Reeves, Mr., 259, 262
  • Reid, A., ix, 2
  • Resi Inlet, discovery of, 289
  • Rhea, 179
  • Rhodostachys bicolor, 115
  • Rio Grande, excursion to, 75
  • Robinson Crusoe, 135
  • Robinson’s Grotto, 143
  • Roble, 56, 64
  • Robles River, crossing of, 239
  • Roca, Lake, boat excursion on, 301
  • Rogberg, C., 1, 312
  • Rojas, B., 33, 62, 296
  • Rojas River, discovery of, 53
  • Romanche Bay, visit to, 299
  • Rosario, Lake, dangerous swamps near, 182
  • Roth, C., 159
  • Roth, S., 155
  • Roy Cove, settlement in, 15
  • Samuel Cove, visit to, 118
  • San Carlos, excursion to settlements, 29
  • San Clementi, Mount, 206
  • San Lorenzo, Mount, 236
  • San Martin, Lake, boat excursion on, 249;
  • glaciers, 253, 255;
  • icebergs, 249, 255;
  • terrible squalls, 250, 252
  • San Pedro Island, 117;
  • primeval forest, 120
  • San Valentin, Mount, 206
  • Santa Cruz River, crossing of, 264
  • Santalum fernandezianum, description of last specimen, 142
  • Santiago, Swedish colony in, 127
  • H.M.S. Sappho, arrival of, 31
  • Sarmiento Channel, 84
  • Sarmiento, Lake, remarkable nature of, 284
  • Sarmiento, Mount, 298
  • Saunders Island, visit to, 22
  • Saunders, Mr., 293
  • Saxegothea conspicua, 195
  • Schönmeyr, A., 127
  • Schönmeyr glacier, 255
  • Sea-elephant, 319, 323
  • Sea-leopard, 319
  • Selkirk, A., 139;
  • commemoration tablet to, 140
  • Senguerr River, crossing of, 191
  • Sheep-dip, 247, 268
  • Shehuen, valley of, 259
  • Sixteenth October Valley, 180;
  • rain-forests in, 182;
  • Welsh Colony, 181
  • Skottsberg, C., viii.
  • Skottsberg, Lake, visit to, 283
  • Skunk, 260
  • Skyring Water, coal mines, 73;
  • colonists, 66;
  • fossils, 73;
  • gales, 65;
  • glaciers, 67, 68;
  • history of discovery, 62;
  • hydrography, 72;
  • nature of, 67;
  • travels of Indians, 66, 68
  • Slogget Bay, gold-digging in, 309;
  • fossils in, 308;
  • marine flora, 310
  • Smyth Channel, 84
  • Sociedad Esplotadora de Tierra del Fuego, 268, 271
  • Solanum tuberosum, 114
  • South Georgia, arrival in, 317;
  • climate, 318;
  • hunting whales, 325;
  • hurricanes, 323;
  • nature of, 318;
  • vegetation, 319;
  • voyage to, 314;
  • whaling industry, 313, 321
  • South Patagonia, gold-digging in, 64;
  • history of colonies, 269, 289
  • Steffen, H., 155
  • Stewart, Mr., 193
  • Stipa, 261
  • Svea, Mount, visit to, 51
  • Tachyeres cinereus, 47
  • Talkahuano, naval port, 126
  • Tar, Lake, swamps round, 258
  • Tecka River, 184
  • Tehuelches, 199, 237
  • Témpanos Narrows, strong tidal currents, 69
  • Témpanos, Port, discovery of, 89
  • Tepú, Tepualia stipularis, 96, 121
  • Thesleff, A., 155
  • Thessalia, steamer, 312
  • Tierra del Fuego, alpine flora, 50;
  • arrival at, 38;
  • bird life, 44, 47, 55;
  • boundary dispute, 311;
  • camp life, 48;
  • equinoctial gales, 57;
  • forests, 55;
  • gold prospecting, 309;
  • mission station, 35;
  • mountain scenery, 45, 49;
  • peat bogs, 42, 45;
  • tertiary fossils, 75;
  • weather, 43, 52, 55
  • Todos los Santos, Lake, 158
  • Toro, steamer, 117, 124
  • Transandino railway, 128;
  • great tunnel, 130;
  • wild life among labourers, 130
  • Trichomanes, 139
  • Tronador, Mount, excursion to, 160;
  • glaciers with vegetation on, 160
  • Tropilla, 163
  • Troya Channel, 86
  • Tuco-tuco, 189
  • Tuco-tuco, rivulet, 241
  • Turbis River, 292
  • Ulloa, F., 104
  • Ultima Esperanza, visit to, 288;
  • boat excursion from, 289;
  • great caverns near, 291, 292
  • Ulva, 110
  • Underwood’s farm, stay in, 180
  • Undine, steamer, 321
  • Upsala glacier, survey near, 277
  • Usborne, Mount, ascent of, 29
  • Ushuaia, visit to, 304, 311
  • Uspallata Pass, crossing of, 130;
  • statue of Christ in, 131
  • Vacas Mountains, 241
  • Valdivia, visit to, 126
  • Valdivia, P., 104
  • Valdivia, steamer, 116
  • Valdivieso Mountains, 40;
  • discovery of pass across, 53
  • Valenzuela, F., 296
  • Valparaiso, visit to, 127
  • Ventisqueros Inlet, survey in, 68
  • Verbena, 210
  • Verde, Mount, 40
  • Veronica elliptica, 13
  • Vestfold, steamer, 124, 127
  • Viedma, Lake, visit to, 261
  • Viel Channel, first encounter with channel Indians, 82
  • Warrah River, excursion in valley of, 23, 24
  • Westpoint Island, nature of, 15
  • Whales, blue, 326;
  • fin, 326;
  • humpback, 326;
  • right, 324;
  • whale-oil, 327
  • Whaleboat Sound, 298
  • Whaling steamers, 324
  • Wickham Heights, 29
  • Winter’s Bark, 43, 56, 66
  • Wollaston Islands, vegetation of, 304
  • Woodsworth Bay, beautiful waterfall in, 90
  • Worsley Sound, 289
  • Yahgan Indians, disappearance of, 101;
  • encounter with, 302, 303;
  • mussel-banks of, 301
  • Yegua Madrina, 163
  • Yelcho River, excursion in valley of, 123
  • Yerba, 49
  • Zapallar, visit to, 132
  • Zapato, Mount, 287
  • Zeballos River, camping at, 219;
  • mountain scenery east of, 220