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F8.4 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 2 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

the great posterior snag. The Spaniards say they can distinguish how old a deer is by the number of the branches on the horns. They affirmed that the specimen, of which figure 4 represents one of the horns, was nine years old. It certainly was a very old one, as all its teeth were decayed. This specimen was killed at Maldonado, in the middle of June; another specimen was killed at Bahia Blanca, (about three hundred and sixty miles southward,) in the month of October, with the hairy skin on the

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A37 Periodical contribution: Walker, F. 1838. Descriptions of some Chalcidites discovered by C. Darwin, Esq. Entomogical Magazine. 5: 469-477. Text Image PDF

genua nigra; tarsi fulvi: al limpid nevi fulvi, basi flavi; stigma fuscum. (Corp. long. lin. 2 ; alar. lin. 4 .) August; Bahia, Brazil. Fem. Corpus convexum, pubescens, scite punctatum, parum nitens: caput transversum, breve, thorace vix angustius: oculi mediocres, subovati: ocelli vertice triangulum fingentes: antenn 13-articulat , pubescentes, fere filiformes; articulus 1us. gracilis, linearis; 2us. cyathiformis; 3us. et 4us. minimi; 5us. et sequentes ad 10um. lineares, approximati, sub

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F8.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Includes by Darwin: Preface pp. [i]-iv and Geological introduction (pp. 3-12). Text Image PDF

the Plata; Bahia Blanca situated near the confines of Northern Patagonia; and Southern Patagonia. The first division includes an enormous area, abounding with the remains of large animals. To the eastward and southward of the great streams, which unite to form the estuary of the Plata, those almost boundless plains extend, which are known by the name of the Pampas. Their physical constitution does not vary over a wide extent; the traveller may pass for many hundred miles on a level surface

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F8.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Includes by Darwin: Geographical introduction (pp. i-v) and A notice of their habits and ranges. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

Expansion of the wings . . . 16 8 ear . . . . . 0 8½ This bat was caught at Bahia, (latitude 13° S.) on the coast of Brazil, in consequence of its having flown into a room where there was a light. I scarcely ever saw an animal so tenacious of life. D. FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDÆ. VESPERTILIO CHILOENSIS. PLATE III. V. fuscus: auribus mediocribus; trago elongato, angusto, apicem versus attenuato; fronte concavo; rostro obtuso; caudâ ad apicem extremum liberâ. DESCRIPTION. In size and colouring, this Bat very

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A180 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1838. Sur trois espèce du genre Felis. L'Institut 6 (235): 210-211. Text Image

Darwin, C. R. 1838. Sur trois espèce du genre Felis. [page] 210 ZOOLOGIE: Chats. — M. Martin appelle l'attention de la Société sur trois individus du genre Felis, récemment offerts à la Société par M. Ch. Darwin. L'un de ces animaux paraît être un Chat de la race domestique, tué à l'état sauvage à Maldonado, et qui ne diffère de notre Chat ordinaire que par l'allongement et la plus grande dimension de sa tête. Le second est le Chat Pampa de d'Azara (Felis Pajeros de Desmarets), pris à Bahia

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F3413 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1972. [Letters to Charles Lyell]. In Wilson, Leonard G., Charles Lyell: the years to 1841: the revolution in geology. New Haven and London. Text

see. I had a most interesting morning with Owen (who is gone to rest for a month in the N. of England) at the Coll. of Surgeons. We made out the rems. of 11 or 12 great animals, besides these some rodents, one of wh. is a distinct species, but most strictly S. American genus. At Bahia Blanca there were no less than five great Edentata! What could these monsters have fed upon. I am well convinced like the present Armadillos they lived on land nearly desert. I have worked out the non-relation of

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F8.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Includes by Darwin: Preface pp. [i]-iv and Geological introduction (pp. 3-12). Text Image PDF

nearly all, its present inhabitants. Bahia Blanca, situated in latitude 39°, and about 250 miles south of the Plata, constitutes the second district, in which I found the remains of quadrupeds. This large bay is nearly surrounded by very low land, on which successive lines of sand dunes mark in many parts the retreat of the water. At some distance inland a formation of highly indurated marl, passing into limestone, forms an escarpment. Beyond this, rocks of the same character extend over a wide

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F8.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Includes by Darwin: Preface pp. [i]-iv and Geological introduction (pp. 3-12). Text Image PDF

great formation. Nevertheless, the gravel bed of Bahia Blanca, although subsequent to the calcareous formation, may be of the same age with those parts of the Pampas, which stand at a low level near the Plata. For on this whole line of coast, I believe, as the land has continued rising, fresh littoral deposits have been formed; and each of these would often owe part of its materials to the degradation of the one last elevated. With respect to the relative age of the Monte Hermoso and Punta Alta

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F8.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Includes by Darwin: Preface pp. [i]-iv and Geological introduction (pp. 3-12). Text Image PDF

wide and level plains; and the shoals of the ancient Bahia Blanca now form low headlands on the present coast. The third locality, which I have to specify, is Port St. Julian, in latitude 49° 15' on the coast of Southern Patagonia. The tertiary plains of that country are modelled into a succession of broad and level terraces, which abut one above the other; and where they approach the coast, are generally cut off by a line of precipitous cliff. The whole surface is thickly covered by a bed of

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F8.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Includes by Darwin: Preface pp. [i]-iv and Geological introduction (pp. 3-12). Text Image PDF

... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DESCRIPTION OF FRAGMENTS OF A LOWER JAW AND TEETH OF A TOXODON. Found at Bahia Blanca, in latitude 39° on the East coast of South America. IN looking over some fragments of jaws and teeth, forming part of Mr. Darwin's collection of South American mammiferous remains, and which had been set aside with mutilated specimens referrible to species belonging to the family of Edentata, my attention was caught by the appearance of roots of teeth projecting, in a different direction

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F8.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Includes by Darwin: Geographical introduction (pp. i-v) and A notice of their habits and ranges. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

country assumes a brown and parched appearance. BAHIA BLANCA forms a large bay, in latitude 39° S. on a part of the coast, which falls within the territory of the province of Buenos Ayres, but which from its physical conditions would more properly be classed with Patagonia. The tertiary plains of PATAGONIA, extend from the Strait of Magellan to the Rio Negro, which is commonly assumed as their Northern boundary. This space of more than seven hundred miles in length, and in breadth reaching from

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F8.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Includes by Darwin: Geographical introduction (pp. i-v) and A notice of their habits and ranges. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

-leaf . . . . 0 3½ thumb (claw included) . . 0 5½ Expanse of the wings . . . . 10 0 tibia . . . . . 0 7 Habitat, Pernambuco, Brazil. (August.) This species appeared to be common at Pernambuco (five degrees north of Bahia). Upon entering an old lime-kiln in the middle of the day, I disturbed a considerable number of them: they did not seem to be much incommoded by the light, and their habitation was much less dark than that usually frequented as a sleeping place by these animals. D. I have named

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F8.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Birds Part 3 no. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

these vultures, although common on the northern bank of the Plata, and likewise on the rivers south of it, are not found in the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres, where the immense slaughtering establishments are attended by infinite numbers of Polybori and gulls. M. D'Orbigny supposes that their absence is owing to the scarcity of trees and bushes in the Pampas; but this view, I think, will hardly hold good, inasmuch as the country near Bahia Blanca, where the Gallinazo (together with the carrion

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F8.4 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 2 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

that of Copiapó, where there is no fresh water, and where, with the exception of some small rodents, (the constant inhabitants of sterile regions) scarcely any other animal could exist. I saw also very many of these foxes wandering about by day (although Azara says they are nocturnal in Paraguay) on the plains of Santa Cruz, where various kinds of mice are abundant, and likewise around the Sierra Ventana. In the course of one day's ride in this latter neighbourhood, (not far from Bahia Blanca

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F8.4 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 2 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

hides deeply scored. Herds appear sometimes to set out on exploring parties: at Bahia Blanca, where within thirty miles of the coast these animals are extremely scarce, I one day saw the tracks of thirty or forty, which had come in a direct line to a muddy salt water creek. They then must have perceived, that they were approaching the sea, for they had wheeled with the regularity of cavalry, and had returned back in as straight a line, as they had advanced. The Guanacoes have one singular

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F8.5 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

the tubercles (which are as in Mus Musculus), however, are naked. The hairs of the moustaches are of moderate length, and of a blackish colour, some of them, however, are grayish white. In. Lines. In. Lines. Length from nose to root of tail . . 2 10 Length from nose to ear . . . 0 8¼ of tail . . . . . 1 7 of tarsus (claws included) . . 0 6½ from nose to eye . . . 0 41/3 of ear . . . . . 0 4¼ Habitat, Bahia Blanca, (September.) This species slightly exceeds the harvest mouse (Mus messorius) in size

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F8.5 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Mammalia Part 2 no. 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

In. Lines. In. Lines. Length from nose to root of tail . . 3 7 Length of tarsus . . . . 0 10 of tail . . . . . 3 9 of ear . . . . . 0 6 from nose to ear . . . 1 0 Habitat, Bahia Blanca, (September.) Upon comparing the skull (Pl. 34, fig. 2, a.) of M. elegans with that of M. Musculus, the most evident points of distinction consist in the greater proportionate length of the nasal and frontal bones, and the slenderness of the zygomatic arch in the former animal. Length of skull 11 lines, width 6

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

[SAN SALVADOR. BAHIA

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

A. Earle. T. A. Prior. SAN SALVADOR, BAHIA. Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1838. [page break

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

.E. 2 b c 30 12 30 19 83 81 Bahia. 10 Noon. N. 4 b c q 30 14 30 21 82 81 Bahia. 11 Noon. S.E. 4 b c 30 23 30 26 83 81 Bahia. 12 Noon. S.E. 2 b c 30 13 30 17 79 77 Bahia. 13 Noon. S.E. 4 b c q 30 11 30 19 82 80 Bahia. 14 Noon. S.E. 4 b c v 30 10 30 20 82 80 Bahia. 15 Noon. N. 4 c o 30 14 30 21 80 74 Bahia. 81 16 Noon. S.E. 4 b c 30 19 30 20 83 25 80 5 82 13 06 s. Off Bahia. 17 Noon. S.E. 4 b c 30 20 30 25 83 82 Bahia Harbour. 18 Noon. S.E. 4 b c 30 20 30 22 82 81 83 Bahia Harbour. 19 Noon. VBLE. 2

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

Devonport) taken from the Ordnance Survey and Dr. Tiarks 0 16 41,4 Captain W. F. W. Owen placed Port Praya in 1 34 04,8 Dr. Tiarks's longitude of Madeira and Capt. P. P. King's meridian distance thence to the same spot in Port Praya placed it in 1 34 02,9 Beagle Plymouth to Port Praya 1 17 20,7 Beagle Port Praya to Plymouth 1 17 19,4 Beagle Port Praya to Bahia 1 00 03,0 Beagle Bahia to Port Praya 1 00 04,1 Beagle Bahia to Rio de Janeiro 0 18 31,6 Beagle Rio de Janeiro to Bahia 0 18 31,4 Beagle Bahia

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

lightning House struck . . . . . . 44 CHAPTER IV. Rio Negro Estancias attacked by Indians Salt lakes, geological position of Flamingoes R. Negro to Colorado Sacred tree Patagonian hare Indian families General Rosas Proceed to Bahia Blanca Sand dunes Negro lieutenant Bahia Blanca Ground incrusted with Glauber salt Punta Alta Zorillo . . . 74 CHAPTER V. Bahia Blanca Geology Extinct quadrupeds, four Edentata, horse, Ctenomys Recent extinction of Longevity of species Large animals do not require luxuriant

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

round the north-east extremity of the island, and steered for Bahia de Todos Santos. Having remained only one day at anchor, in consequence of information that no better landing could be expected for many days; and wishing to ascertain the rates of the chronometers, as well as to procure a supply of water, I decided to go to Bahia, as the nearest port convenient for both purposes. From the 23d to the 27th we found a current setting us southward, between twenty and thirty miles each day. This

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

CHAPTER IV. Rio Negro Estancias attacked by Indians Salt lakes, geological position of Flamingoes R. Negro to Colorado Sacred tree Patagonian hare Indian families General Rosas Proceed to Bahia Blanca Sand dunes Negro lieutenant Bahia Blanca Ground incrusted with Glauber salt Punta Alta Zorillo. RIO NEGRO TO BAHIA BLANCA. JULY 24TH, 1833. The Beagle sailed from Maldonado, and on August the 3d she arrived off the mouth of the Rio Negro. This is the principal river on the whole line of coast

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

CHAPTER V. Bahia Blanca Geology Extinct quadrupeds, four Edentata, horse, ctenomys Recent extinction Longevity of species Large animals do not require luxuriant vegetation Southern Africa Siberian fossils Catalogue of extinct quadrupeds in South America Two species of Ostrich, habits of Tinochorus Oven-bird Armadilloes Venomous snake, toad, lizard Hybernation of animals Habits of sea-pen Indian wars and massacres Arrow-head, antiquarian relic. BAHIA BLANCA. THE Beagle arrived on the 24th of

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F8.10 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1839. Mammalia Part 2 no. 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

latitude 50°) I saw its tesselated covering lying on the ground. At Bahia Blanca, I found in the stomach of this armadillo, coleoptera, larvæ, roots of plants, and even a small snake of the genus Amphisbæna. All the species, excepting one, wander about by day. At Bahia Blanca, during a morning's ride, three or four of the D. minutus generally were met with; but, in order to secure them, it was necessary to jump off one's horse as quickly as possible, otherwise, they would have disappeared by

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F9.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1839. Mammalia Part 2 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

latitude 50°) I saw its tesselated covering lying on the ground. At Bahia Blanca, I found in the stomach of this armadillo, coleoptera, larvæ, roots of plants, and even a small snake of the genus Amphisbæna. All the species, excepting one, wander about by day. At Bahia Blanca, during a morning's ride, three or four of the D. minutus generally were met with; but, in order to secure them, it was necessary to jump off one's horse as quickly as possible, otherwise, they would have disappeared by

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

Mauritius Cape of Good Hope St. Helena Ascension Bahia Pernambuco Cape Verde Islands Azores Arrive in England 619 CHAPTER XXVII. Remarks on the early migrations of the human race 640 CHAPTER XXVIII. A very few Remarks with reference to the Deluge 657 [Directions to binder

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

04,69 Mean 1 00 00,16 1 00 03,00 Preferred 1h. 00m. 03,0s. Places of observation: At Port Praya, as before. At Bahia, in Fort San Pedro, Gamboa. BAHIA TO RIO DE JANEIRO. Twenty Chronometers. H. M. s. H. M. s. A 0 18 32,50 0 18 32,50 C ...... 28,98 D ...... 30,47 ...... 30,47 F ...... 35,52 G ...... 33,90 H ...... 31,59 ...... 31,59 K ...... 31,25 ...... 31,25 L ...... 29,76 M ..... 38,23 N ...... 30,98 ...... 30,98 Twenty-two Days. H. M. s. H. M. s. O 0 18 31,35 ...... 31,35 P ...... 32,06 0 18

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

38 59 14 Noon. S.S.W. 4 b c 30 31 30 30 77 76 79 16 55 38 45 79 5 15 Noon. E.S.E. 6 c o q p 30 32 30 26 80 78 80 5 14 23 38 32 16 Noon. E. 4 b c o 30 30 30 29 80 79 Bahia. 17 Noon. S.E. 2 b c 30 33 30 28 82 81 Bahia. 18 Noon. S.E. 4 b c 30 32 30 30 81 82 Bahia. 19 Noon. S.E. 2 b c q 30 30 30 29 80 79 Bahia. 20 Noon. S.E. 2 b c q p 30 28 30 28 81 80 Bahia. 21 Noon. S. 2 c o r 30 26 30 26 76 74 Bahia. 22 Noon. W. 2 b c 30 26 30 23 78 77 Bahia. 23 Noon. E.S.E. 4 b c 30 28 30 26 81 80 Bahia. 24 Noon

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

AUGUST. 1 10 A.M. 4 b c 29 90 30 32 78 5 75 74 5 2 9 A.M. S. S. E. 4 b c 29 90 30 32 78 5 75 Bahia. 3 9 A.M. S. W. 4 b c 29 95 30 34 77 5 73 Bahia. 4 9 A.M. 30 32 77 5 Bahia. 5 Noon. S. S. W. 2 b c 29 90 30 32 77 5 75 Bahia. 74 6 Noon. S. W. b. W. 4 b c 29 88 30 0 77 73 75 5 Bahia. 75 74 7 10 A.M. VBLE. 4 b c q 29 94 30 31 77 74 75 5 13 02 38 15 75 5 8 10 A.M. VBLE. 2 o g 29 92 30 31 77 74 75 5 12 55 37 47 9 10 A.M. VBLE. 4 b c 29 90 30 32 78 76 75 5 12 53 37 23 76 10 10 A.M. S. E. 5 b c q 29 90

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

from Bahia to Rio, determined by the French expedition under Baron Roussin, and that measured by the Beagle; yet was unable to detect any mistake or oversight on my part; I resolved to return to Bahia, and ascertain whether the Beagle's measurement was incorrect. Such a step was not warranted by my instructions; but I trusted to the Hydrographer for appreciating my motives, and explaining them to the Lords of the Admiralty. In a letter to Captain Beaufort, I said, I have not the least doubt of our

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

, assisted by Massey's log, as well as Massey's lead, we made a short passage, without an hour's delay or scant wind. This was favourable for the chronometer measurement, and I was deeply gratified by finding, soon after our arrival, that the measure from Rio to Bahia confirmed that previously made, even to a second of time. On the 23d of May, we sailed the second time from Bahia, and steered to pass as near as possible to the eastern side of the Abrolhos; but, owing to unfavourable winds, could not

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

In the morning we sent for the horses very early, and started for another exhilarating gallop. We passed the Cabeza del Buey, an old name given to the head of a large marsh, which extends from Bahia Blanca. Here we changed horses, and passed through some leagues of swamps and saltpetre marshes. Changing horses for the last time, we again began wading through the mud. My animal fell, and I was well soused in black mire a very disagreeable accident, when one does not possess a change of clothes

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

noceroses and elephants over the Karros of Southern Africa. After our long digression, if we return to the case of the fossil animals at Bahia Blanca, there is a difficulty from our not knowing on what food the great Edentata probably lived. If on insects and larvæ, like their nearest representatives the armadilloes and anteaters, there is an end to all conjecture. But as vegetation is the first source of life in every part of the world, I think we may safely conclude that the country around

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

have already mentioned nearly all the mammalia common in this country. Of armadilloes three species occur, namely, the Dasypus minutus or pichy, the Villosus or peludo, and the apar. The first extends as far south as lat. 50°, which is about ten degrees further than any other kind. A fourth species, the Mulita, only extends as far south as the Sierra Tapalguen, lat. 37° 30', which is north of Bahia Blanca. The four species have nearly similar habits; the peludo, however, is nocturnal, while the

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

necessarily depend on the dew for its moisture; and this probably is absorbed by the skin, for it is known, that these reptiles possess great powers of cutaneous absorption. At Maldonado, I found one in a situation nearly as dry as at Bahia Blanca, and thinking to give it a great treat, carried it to a pool of water; not only was the little animal unable to swim, but, I think, without help would soon have been drowned. Of lizards there were many kinds, but only one remarkable, from its habits. It

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

. Darwin Persons on board Changes List of those who returned Supplies Admiralty Instructions Memorandum Hydrographer's Memorandum 17 CHAPTER III. Ready for sea Detained Sail from England Well provided Bay of Biscay Compasses Local attraction Eight Stones Madeira Deception Squall Teneriffe Santa Cruz Quarantine Squalls Cape Verde Islands Port Praya Produce Orchilla Bad season St. Paul Rocks Cross Equator Fernando de Noronha Bahia Slavery Abrolhos Cape Frio 42 [page] vii

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F8.10 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1839. Mammalia Part 2 no. 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

WEST COAST. EAST COAST. VALPARAISO. BUENOS AYRES. Mus Renggeri. Mus decumanus. decumanus. BAHIA BLANCA. Mus Braziliensis. CONCEPCION. elegans. Mus longicaudatus. gracilipes. RIO NEGRO. CHILOE AND CHONOS ARCHIPELAGO. Mus griseo-flavus. Mus brachiotis. PORT DESIRE. Mus canescens. ST. JULIAN. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. xanthopygus. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. SANTA CRUZ. Mus canescens. micropus. xanthopygus. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. FALKLAND ISLANDS. Mus decumanus. Musculus. STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. Mus

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F9.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. ed. 1839. Mammalia Part 2 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

WEST COAST. EAST COAST. VALPARAISO. BUENOS AYRES. Mus Renggeri. — Mus decumanus. — decumanus. BAHIA BLANCA. Mus Braziliensis. CONCEPCION. — elegans. Mus longicaudatus. — gracilipes. RIO NEGRO. CHILOE AND CHONOS ARCHIPELAGO. Mus griseo-flavus. Mus brachiotis. PORT DESIRE. Mus canescens. ST. JULIAN. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. — xanthopygus. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. SANTA CRUZ. Mus canescens. — micropus. — xanthopygus. Reithrodon cuniculoïdes. FALKLAND ISLANDS. Mus decumanus. — Musculus. STRAITS OF

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

RIO DE JANEIRO TO BAHIA. Twenty Chronometers. H. M. s. H. M. s. A 0 18 29,58 C ...... 31,50 ...... 31,50 D ...... 31,46 ...... 31,46 E ...... 27,79 F ...... 31,87 ...... 31,87 G ...... 30,89 ...... 30,89 H ...... 29,92 K ...... 30,09 L ...... 30,22 M ...... 29,68 Six Days H. M. s. H. M. s. N 0 18 29,60 O ...... 31,17 ...... 31,17 P ...... 31,37 ...... 31,37 R ...... 31,61 ...... 31,61 T ...... 31,44 ...... 31,44 V ...... 29,71 W ...... 33,02 X ...... 31,83 ..... 31,83 Y ...... 32,57 Z

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

. Seven Days. H. M. S. H. M. S. A 0 34 45,95 45,95 B 44,18 C 44,96 44,96 D 45,00 45,00 G 45,72 45,72 H 44,15 K 45,42 45,42 L 0 34 48,23 N 46,37 O 45,26 45,26 R 46,37 46,37 S 45,72 45,72 W 45,93 45,93 Z 46,22 46,22 Mean 45,68 45,65 Preferred 0h. 34m. 45,7s. Places of observation: St. Helena, as before. Ascension, centre of the Barrack Square. ASCENSION to BAHIA. Fifteen Chronometers. Ten Days. H. M. S. H. M. S. A 1 36 27,18 27,18 B 20,25 C 25,75 25,75 D 28,31 28,31 G 24,47 24,47 H 23,48 K 22,36 L 28

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

BAHIA to PERNAMBUCO. Fifteen Chronometers. Seven Days. H. M. S. H. M. S. A 0 14 35,82 35,82 B 37,84 C 36,03 36,03 D 34,89 G 36,80 36,80 H 36,76 36,76 K 37,41 37,41 L 34,85 N 0 14 35,02 O 36,23 36,23 R 36,19 36,19 S 36,79 36,79 V 37,80 W 35,24 35,24 Z 36,97 36,97 Mean 36,31 36,42 Preferred 0h. 14m. 36,4s. Places of observation: Bahia, as before. Pernambuco, the south-west end of the Arsenal. PERNAMBUCO TO PORT PRAYA. Fourteen Chronometers. Fourteen Days. H. M. S. H. M. S. A 0 45 23,77 B 28,32

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

CHAPTER VI. Set out for Buenos Ayres Rio Sauce Sierra Ventana Transportal of pebbles Third posta Driving horses Bolas Partridges and foxes Features of country Long-legged plover Teru-tero Hailstorm Natural enclosures in Sierra Tapalguen Flesh of puma Meat diet Guardia del Monte Effects of cattle on the vegetation Cardoon Buenos Ayres Corral where animals are slaughtered. BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRES. SEPTEMBER 8TH. Having with some difficulty hired a Gaucho to accompany me, on my ride to

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F10.3 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

barrier, 556. Azores, 594. Bahia Blanca, 89-123. Bahia, Brazil, 11. , scenery of, 589. Bald Head, Australia, 537. Ballenar, Chile, 428. Banda Oriental, 169. Barking bird, 352. Basaltic platform of Santa Cruz, 216. Bathurst, Australia, 528. Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 496. Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, 237. , scenery of, 240. Beetles alive in sea, 186. Beetles, dung-feeders, 583. Bell of Quillota, 312. Berkeley Sound, 245. Birds, species peculiar to certain islan in the Galapagos Archipelago, 475

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

Bahia, or San Salvador, currents before reaching, scenery, present state, 60 slavery, its evils, 61, 62 city described, 63 survey, shoals, current, ship's course, 64, 78. Bahias Dos, Cape, 305. Bank Yngles in River Plata, 92, 286. Barometer, 49, 83 fall and changes before 'pampero,' 86, 91, in gale, 226 at Falklands, 244, 245 anomaly near Valdivia, 396 before great earthquake, 411, 412. Beagle at Falmouth, 2 paid off, 7 re-commissioned 14, 17 outfit, 18-22 plan of voyage, 24-41 detention, 42

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F10.2a Book: [FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Appendix to Volume II. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

OTHER POSITIONS ASCERTAINED AND USED TO CONTINUE THE CHAIN OF MERIDIAN DISTANCES. Not included in the Survey. Lat. South. Long. West. Var. East. H. W. R. S. h. m. Feet. Otaheite Point Venus* extremity ... ... 17 29 15 149 30 00 7 54 Noon every day. 1 * By continuing the chain of meridian distances westward from Bahia (in Brazil), Otaheite (Point Venus extremity) would be in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 34 30 And by taking the measures eastward from Bahia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 26

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

any thing not contrary to religion, or law, from the moment he or she embarked on board a vessel belonging to that country, or placed a foot upon its soil; which might then indeed be termed, in common with our happy land, a sacred soil. By such a plan as this, individuals would suffer for a time, but the mass of society would be gainers incalculably. Well-known authors have already said so much of Bahia, its spacious harbour, and delightful environs, that it would be impertinent in the writer of

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

fresh air, a pleasing view, and freedom from annoyances, the less his organs will be offended, and his temper tried. We sailed from Bahia on the 18th. The bank which projects from the light-house point had been minutely examined by us, during the Beagle's stay in port; on one day, indeed, she went out and anchored at the outer end of the shoal, in order to determine its extent, and assist the boats in sounding; therefore I did not hesitate to stand across it; but there is not water enough over

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F10.2 Book: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. London: Henry Colburn. Text Image PDF

Be this as it may, there is now a mass of banks extending far to seaward, which make the coast from Blanco Bay to San Blas extremely dangerous; more particularly, as the adjoining shore is almost a dead flat, and so low, that in many parts it can only be seen when the observer is among, or upon, the shoals. The space between Union Bay and San Blas was very appropriately named by the Spaniards Bahia Anegada (dried up bay), because it is so shallow, and the inner parts are rather drowned land