INDEX. Falconer, Jesuit, on natural enclo- | Fulgurites, 59 climate of, 242 Fat, quantity eaten, 117 Fennel, run wild, 119 Ferguson, Dr., on miasma, 366 of Galapagos, 390 emitting harsh sound, 136 Floods after droughts, 134 clear after snow, 319 Flora of the Galapagos, 374, 392, of Keeling island, 454 of St. Helena, 487 Fungus, edible, 236 511 Geology of Cordillera, 319, 332 of St. Paul, 8 Gill, Mr., on an upheaved river-bed, Gillies, Dr., on the Cordillera, 323 245 in Cordillera, 324 Glow-worms, 30 Goats, destructive to vegetation at St. bones of, 168 Goître, 314 Gold-washing, 266 Good Success Bay, 204 Gossamer spider, 159 and toads, not found on oceanic | Gould, Mr., on the Calodera, 125 - islands, 381 Frozen soil, 88, 248 Fruit-trees, southern limit of, 243 Fuegians, 204 to 234 379 , on birds of Galapagos, |