JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES

INTO THE

NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY

OF THE

COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF
H.M.S BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD,

UNDER THE

Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.

BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S.,

AUTHOR OF ORIGIN OF SPECIES,' ETC.

NEW EDITION.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

549 & 551 BROADWAY.

1873.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

ΤΟ

CHARLES LYELL, Esq., F.R.S.,

THIS SECOND EDITION IS DEDICATED WITH GRATEFUL PLEASURE, as

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE CHIEF PART OF WHATEVER

SCIENTIFIC MERIT THIS JOURNAL AND THE OTHER WORKS OF THE
AUTHOR MAY POSSESS, HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM STUDYING THE
WELL-KNOWN AND ADMIRABLE

PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY.