En el campo (Span.)-"on the open plain
-123.
England, magpies in, 78; wild geese, 80; cat-
tle-keeping, 126; probable effect of an earth-
quake, 191.
Entre Rios (Span. pron., en'tră rè'oce), a
South American country lying, as its name
signifies, "between rivers," namely, the Pa-
rana and the Uruguay, 48.
Eskimo, compared with Fuegian, 103.
Estancia (Span. pron., es-tanth'è-ah), a graz-
ing farm, estate, plantation, 30, 34, 125.
Estanciero (Span. pron., es-tanth-è-er'o), a
planter, 115, 127.
Eucalyptus, a species of Australian tree, blue-
gum, etc., 166, 167.
Europe, fossil-bearing rocks of, 181.
Eyre's Sound, west coast of Patagonia, 177.
FAGUS betuloi'des, a kind of beech, 151.
Gaucho (Span. pron., gah-ooʻtcho), a general
name for the inhabitant of the Pampas,
"countryman," fierce appearance, 116;
meat diet, 123; opinion of jaguar meat, 47 ;
steals Indian offerings, 111; forcing a horse
to swim, 29; horsemanship, 117-119; use
of lazo, 120; of bolas, 71, 121; night camp,
123, 124; mode of kindling a fire, 137.
Geranium, 195.
Glaciers, in Beagle Channel, 152, 153; on
Mount Sarmiento, 176; in Eyre's Sound
and Gulf of Peñas, 177.
Goeree Road (Eng. pron., gō-rē'), a roadstead
on the south coast of Tierra del Fuego, south
of Lennox Island-"goeree" means in Dutch
"good road" or "good anchorage "—151.
Goitre, a diseased swelling of the neck, 128.
Gold mines of Chile, 132.
Good Success Bay, in the south-eastern ex-
tremity of Tierra del Fuego, 93.
Falkland Islands, east of the southern end of Goose, upland, tame, 79; wild, 80.
Patagonia, 65, 78–80, 124.
Feast-days and idleness, 128; extravagance,
Finch, 60, 76; tameness, 78.
Granite country furnishes clear water, 145;
not favorable to trees, 172; granite blocks
on icebergs, 177.
Grasshoppers blown out to sea, 81.
Fire procured by Tahitians and Gauchos, 137. Greenstone carried to a lime coral-reef, 203.
Fir-trees, petrified, 178, 181.
Flying-fish, food of noddy, 75, 78.
Forests in the tropics, 170; petrified, 178, 181.
Fossil remains in the arctic regions, 31; of the
Pampas, 149; shells and wood in Chile, 181.
Fox, 78, 79.
Fuegians of Good Success Bay, 93; painted
skins, 94, 108; mimicry, 94; shell - heaps,
wigwams, 98; on the south coast, naked-
ness, 99; food, 100; famine, blubber-eating,
cannibalism, 101, 176; signal - fires, 101;
easy perspiration, 102; lowest of mankind,
103; of superior capacity to Australians,
104; dependence on kelp, 175.
GALAPAGOS Islands (Span. pron., gah-lah'-
pah-goce), west of Ecuador, remarkable for
the differences between their animal species
and those of the main-land; they got their
name from the great number of "turtles"
found on them, 56, 76, 79, 80.
31; fossil horse in South America, 31;
horse introduced by Europeans, 33; feats
of training in Chile, 118, 119; struggle
with lassoed bullock, 120; entangled in
bolas, 121.
Hottentots, inhabitants of South Africa, 73.
Huachos (Span. pron., oo-ah' tchoce), a name
given to unhatched ostrich eggs, 73.
ICEBERGS in Eyre's Sound, 177.
Indian, North American, 95; South Ameri-
can, 105; fine-looking, 106; work of men
and women, manufacture and use of bolas,
71, 107, 108; silver riding gear, horseman-
ship, 108; heroism, following a trail, 109;
tree altar, 110; ancient remains near Lima,
163.
Indian file, single file, or one behind another,
139.
Indian Ocean, 197.
Irrigation in Chile, 194, 195.
Isle of France, in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar, 204.
Itacaia (Port. pron., è-tah-kah'-è-ah), a village
in Brazil, east of Rio, 112.
JACKASS penguin, 65, 66.
Jaguar, or American tiger, haunts great riv-
ers, 46, 145; prey, attacks man in vessels
and houses, 46; mode of killing, noisy hab-
its, tree-scratching, flesh eaten, 47.
the Indian Ocean, south-west of Sumatra,
86, 197, 198, 200.
Kelp, 172; strength, 173; great length, use
as a breakwater, swarming with animal life,
174, 175.
Kerguelen Land (Eng. pron., kerg'-e-len),
an island in the southern part of the Indian
Ocean, 174.
King George's Sound, in the south-western
part of Australia, 138; natives, 138.
LAGOON Islands, 197-204; mode of forma-
tion, 204.
Land, rising and sinking of, 178, 181, 190, 204.
La Plata (Span. pron., lah plah'tah), the old
name of the present Spanish - American
Argentine Republic or Confederation, the
second largest country, after Brazil, in South
America; it is also the name of the riv-
er and estuary into which flow the Pa-
rana, Uruguay, and other great rivers (see
Plata); for this whole river system it is oc-
casionally used in the head-lines of the fore-
going pages, 45, 81, 118, 129,
146;
flatness,
148.
James Island, one of the larger of the Gala- Lawson, Mr., an English vice-governor of the
pagos Islands, 58.
Juan Fernandez (Span. pron., hoo-an' fer-nan'-
deth), an island west of Chile, inhabited by
a Scotch solitary, Alexander Selkirk, whose
life here is supposed to have suggested to
Defoe the story of Robinson Crusoe; con-
nection with Concepcion shown by earth-
quakes, 188.
KAFFIRS, of South Africa, mimicry, 95.
Kangaroo dance of Australian negroes, 140.
Kauri pine (pronounced kow'ry), the Dammara
australis, 171.
Keeling (or Co'cos) Islands, a coral group in
Ecuadorian penal colony in the Galapagos
Islands, 60.
Lazo (Span. pron., lath'o), a long slip-noose,
120, 121, 123.
Lichen, 181, 194.
Liesk, Mr., an English resident of Keeling
Island, formerly a ship's-mate, 89.
Lima (Span. pron., le'mah), the capital of
Peru, 70, 159, 161, 190; Indian remains,
163.
Lizard, of the Galapagos, 56; dislike to wa-
ter, 57; burrow-making, 58; cowardice,
59; not feared by birds, food, 60; com-
mon lizard, surrounded by ants, 83; hiber-
nation, 195, 196.
Llama (Span. pron., l-yah'mah), the South | Monkey, with prehensile tail, 38; bearded, 41.
American camel (see Guanaco), 41, etc.
Locust, bred in deserts, 81; swarm like a cloud,
81; speed of flight, height from ground,
noise, 82; driven off by cottagers, 83.
London, the chief city of England, 74.
Low, Captain, a sealing-master in Patagonian
waters, 101, 105.
Luxan or Lujan (Span. pron., loo-hahn'), a
town on the western border of the Argen-
tine Republic, 81.
Lyco'sa, a kind of spider, 84.
MACAHE (Port. pron., mah-kah-ā'), a river in
south-eastern Brazil, north of Cape Frio, 113.
Macrocys'tis pyri'fera (kelp), 172.
Madrina (Span. pron., mah-drë'nah), the bell-
mule (or bell-leader) of a troop of mules,
33, 34.
Magellan Strait, separating Patagonia and
the island of Tierra del Fuego, 33, 66, 93,
182.
Montevideo (Span. pron., mon`-tă-vè-dā'o), the
capital of Uruguay-the name means "pros-
pect hill"-29; hibernation of animals, 195.
Moresby, Captain, 89.
Mosquitoes, 145.
Mountains of Tierra del Fuego, 175, 176.
Mount Sarmiento, in Tierra del Fuego, 176.
Mule, knows its leader, follows a scent, 33;
endurance, superior to its parents, 34.
Murrumbidgee River, in New South Wales,
Australia, a tributary of the Murray River,
NEGRO lieutenant under Rosas, 111; negro
woman's heroism, 112; a degraded slave,
113; cruel treatment of slaves, 113-116;
negress with a goitre, 128.
New South Wales, an eastern division of Aus-
tralia, 165; peculiar trees, 165–167.
New Zealand, a group of islands in the South
Pacific Ocean, belonging to Great Britain,
Noddy, a stupid and tame bird, 75.
Maldonado (Span. pron., mal-do-nah'do), a North America, some of its animals derived
seaport town of Uruguay, 63, 125.
Mango, 171.
Mares (see Horse).
Mastodon, an extinct animal resembling the el-
ephant, fossil remains in South America, 31.
Matë (Span. pron., mah'tā), a South Ameri-
can shrub used for tea, 110.
Mayor-domo (Span. pron., mah-jor-dom'o), a
superintendent, 184, 185.
Mazeppa, a Pole, born 1644, died 1709, was,
for a punishment, bound to a wild horse's
back, which was then set loose, 109.
Meat diet of Gauchos, 123; of Chilian miners,
131.
Mendoza (Span. pron., men-dō'-thah), a west-
ern town and province of the Argentine Re-
public, 81, 147; plains, 182.
Mercedes (Span. pron., mer-tha'dace), a town
in western Uruguay, 126, 128.
Mimosa tree, 148.
Miners of Chile, 129-132.
Niagara, the most famous falls in the United
States, 176.
No sé (Span. pron., nō sā)—“ I don't know "-
109.
OCEAN bed raised into mountains, 181; into
plains, 182; ocean prospect tedious, 196;
ocean vastness, 197.
Octo'pus, the cuttle-fish, so called from its
"eight feet" or arms, 64.
Orange-tree, 157, 162, 163, 164, 171.
Osorno, a volcano in the southern part of Chile,
177.
Ostrich, range, food, how caught, 71, 72;
good swimmer, 72; cock-bird larger, note,
sits on the nest, 73; attacks man, num-
bers and weight of eggs, 73; prey of puma,
Misericordia (Span.)—“mercy," "have mer- Owl, 78, 80.
Mocking-thrush, 76; tameness, 77.
Ox-cart of the Pampas, 147, 148.
Ox knows its own troop, 34.
PACIFIC Ocean, vastness, 197; lagoon isl-
ands, 203.
Palm, 143, 164, 171, 200.
Pampas, South American plains or prairies,
home of the bizcacha, 48; Indian inhabi-
tants, 105; Gaucho, 120, 123; unfavorable
to growth of trees, 144; not absolutely flat,
148; fossil remains, 149; mud formation, 183.
Pan de Azucar (Span. pron., pahn dā ath-oo'-
kar)—"sugar-loaf”—a prominent landmark
on the south coast of Uruguay, 143.
Parana (Span, pron., pah-rah-nuh'), one of the
chief tributaries of the river Plate, 46, 48,
135; broad, 147; full of islands, 144; mud-
dy, a neglected highway, 145.
Paris, the chief city of France, 177.
Parrot, 41.
Patagonia, the southernmost country of South
America, so named by Magellan on ac-
count of the supposed "big feet" (patagōn')
of the native inhabitants, 41, 43, 45, 47, 71,
72; impressive plains, 150, 182.
Patagonian, like some of the Fuegians, 93;
like northern Indians, 105; height, painted
skin, behavior at table, stock of horses, 105.
Peach-trees used for firewood, 143.
Peat in Tierra del Fuego, 151.
Penguin, noise, 53; bravery, 66.
Pepsis, a kind of wasp, 84.
Pernambuco (Port. pron., perr-nam-booʻko),
a seaport of Eastern Brazil, 113.
Peru (Span. pron., pā-roo'), a Spanish-Ameri-
can republic on the Pacific coast of South
America, 118.
Petrified trees, 178, 181.
Phosphorescent sea, 53, 54.
Pineapple, 163.
Plata (Span. pron., plah'tah), the Plate river
and estuary, separating Uruguay and the
Argentine Confederation - the Spanish
word, like Argentine and our English plate,
means "silver"-29, 46, 53, 145; a muddy
expanse, 146, 183.
Plaza (Span. pron., plath'-ah), the Spanish
name for an open square in the heart of a
town-in Italian, piazza (pē-at'sa), 153.
Point Venus, Tahiti-so called because Cap-
tain Cook observed there the transit of the
planet Venus, June 3, 1769-136.
Polyp, the coral insect, 200, 203.
Poncho (Span. pron., pon'tcho), a blanket with
a hole in the middle, through which the
wearer puts his head, 101.
Ponsonby Sound, between Hoste and Nava-
rin Islands, which form the south coast of
Beagle Channel, 102, 175.
Poplar, 143.
Porphyry, a hard rock, often of a green color,
199.
Porpoise, mode of swimming, outstrips a ship,
53; feeds among the kelp, 175.
Port Famine, in Patagonia, on the Strait of
Magellan, at the point where the letter a of
Famine is printed on the map, 151, 172.
Portillo Pass (Span. pron., por-tèl'yo), a route
over the Andes between Chile and the Ar-
gentine Republic-the name means a “gap”
or gate "-33.
Port Valdes (Span. pron., val-dace'), a station
on the east coast of Patagonia, 44, 72.
Posta, a post-station, 109, 111.
Promethean matches, consisting of a roll of
paper treated with sugar and chlorate of
potash, and a small cell containing sulphuric
acid-when the cell was broken the acid set
fire to the composition-125.
Pulperia (Span. pron., pool-per-è'ah), a drink-
ing-shop, 116.
Puma, or South American lion, range and
prey, 44, 45; mode of killing, 45; drives
off condor, 45, 68; flesh like veal, 45, 47.
Pyramids of Egypt, 204.
QUE Cosa (Span. pron., kay kos'sah)-"what
an idea"-115.
Quillota (Span. pron., kèl-yo'tah), a town of
Chile, south-east of Valparaiso, 157, 159.
Quiriquina (Span. pron., kë-rë-kë'nah), an isl-
and on the west coast of Chile, affected by
earthquake, 184, 185.
RADACK Archipelago, lagoon islands in the
North Pacific, near the equator, 203.
Rain, scanty fall in northern Chile, 193; effect | San Luis, a town in the central part of the
on vegetation, 193, 194.
Argentine Republic, 182.
Rancho (Span. pron., ran'tcho), a half-way San Nicolas, a La Platan town on the Pa-
house, 111.
Rastro, a track or trail, 109, 110.
Recado (Span. pron., rā-kah'do), saddle of the
Pampas, 120, 128.
Renous, a German naturalist suspected of
heresy, 132.
Rio Colorado (Span. pron., rè'o ko-lor-ah'do),
a river of the Argentine Confederation-the
name means "red river"-- 30, 105, 110,
111, 182.
Santa Cruz (Span. pron., krooth), a river of
Patagonia-the name means "holy cross"
-42, 44, 67, 72.
also, the chief town in the island
of Teneriffe, 155, 156.
Santa Fé (Span. pron., fă), a town in the Ar-
gentine Confederation the name means
"holy faith"-46, 124, 146; plains, 149.
Santa Lucia (Span. pron., loo-the'ah), a river
of Uruguay, 29.
Savage man, 92; mimicry, 95; keen senses,
Rio de Janeiro (Port. pron., rè'o da zhah nă'è-
ro), or simply Rio, the capital of Brazil, and
bay of the same name, which means ' river
of January," 38, 53, 84, 113, 114.
Rio Negro (Span. pron., rè'o nä'gro), a river | Sea-bed become dry land, 181, 182.
formerly the southern boundary of the Ar- Sea-eggs, 100, 174.
gentine Republic-the name means "black
river"-105, 110.
also, a river of Uruguay, 126.
Rosario (Span. pron., ros-sar'e-o), a La Platan
town on the Parana--the name means a
rosary "-145, 147, 148.
Seal, piggish habits, 50; noise, 53; skin for
wigwam covers, 99; flesh for food, 100.
Sea-otter, 52; plays with fish, 65; skin for
clothing, 99.
Shell-heaps of Fuegians, 98.
Shingle, sea-shore gravel, 182.
Ross, Captain, an English colonist of Keeling Shropshire, also called Salop, a western coun-
San Blas Bay, the southernmost in the Ar- Spider, surrounded by ants, 83; killed by a
gentine Republic, 72.
San Felipe (Span. pron., fă-lë' pā)—“St. Phil-
ip "—an inland town of Chile, 159.
San Fernando, an inland town of Central
Chile, 132, 159.
wasp, 84; kills a wasp, 85; hibernation, 195,
196.
Star-fish, 174, 175.
Strata, layers, 181.
Stru'thio rhea, the American ostrich, 71.
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