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66. KANGAROO

67. AUSTRALIAN

CORROBERY"

68. OLIVE BRANCH .

69. MONTEVIDEO, FROM THE SEA

70. AIMÉ BONPLAND

71. MONTEVIDEO, LOOKING TOWARD THE HARBOR .

72. Ox-CART OF THE PAMPAS

73. MOUNTAINS AND GLACIERS IN MAGELLAN STRAIT

74. Customs GUARD-HOUSE, VALPARAISO, CHILE

75. PLAZA DE LA CONSTITUCION, Santa Cruz .

76. PEAK OF TENERIFFE

77. ORANGE-GROVES

78. LIMA

79. FRUIT OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE

80. AVENUE OF PALMs, BOTANIC GARDENS, Rio

81. TAHITIAN Coast SCENERY .

82. Cape Town, CAPE OF Good HOPE (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH).

83. EUCALYPTUS-TREE, OR BLUE-GUM (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH).

84. Mango FRUIT

85. CHRISTMAS HARBOR, KERGUELEN LAND.

86. STAR-FISH.

87. USPALLATA Pass

88. CAPE FROWARD (PATAGONIA), STRAIT OF MAGELLAN

89. ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ

90. ROBINSON CRUSOE .

91. ALBATROSS

92. VIEW OF AN ATOLL

93. Coco A-nut Palm (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH).

94. CORAL ARCHITECTS

95. ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO

96. Polyp.

97. GROWTH OF CORAL ON A MOUNTAIN SlowLY SUBSIDING .

98. John JAMES AUDUBON

99. ADMIRAL John BYRON

100. CAPTAIN James Cook

101. KARAKAKOOA BAY, THE SCENE OF CAPTAIN Cook's DEATH.

102. CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER

10:3. GENERAL Rosas

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I. ENGLAND AND WALES
II. COURSE OF THE

“BEAGLE”
III. BAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO
IV. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
V. CANARY ISLANDS .
VI. LIMA AND CALLAO
VII. ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ
VIII. KEELING ISLAND .
IX. EASTERN HEMISPHERE
X. WESTERN HEMISPHERE
XI. CHILE, ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION, URUGUAY
XII. PATAGONIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO.

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WHAT DARWIN SAW

THE HORSE.

URUGUAY.

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ONCE crossed the River Santa Lucia near its mouth,

and was surprised to observe how easily our horses, although not used to swim, passed over a width of at least six hundred yards. On mentioning this at Montevideo, I was told that a vessel containing some mountebanks and their horses being wrecked in the Plata, one horse swam seven miles to the shore. In the course of the day I was amused by the skill with which a Gaucho forced a restive horse to swim a river. He stripped off all his clothes, and, jumping on its back, rode into the water till it was out of its depth; then, slipping off over the crupper, he caught hold of the tail, and as often as the horse turned round the man frightened it back by splashing water in its face. As soon as the horse touched the bottom on the other side, the man pulled himself on, and was firmly seated, bridle in hand, before the horse gained the bank. A naked man on a naked horse is a fine spectacle; I had no idea how well the two animals suited each other. The tail of a horse is a very useful ap