The Voyage of the Beagle
By
Charles Darwin
Translated in to Grade ii Braille
By
Mike Keithley
Mountain View, California
Table of CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: ST. JAGO -- CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS
Porto Praya -- Ribeira Grande -- Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria --
Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish -- St. Paul's Rocks,
non-volcanic -- Singular Incrustations -- Insects the first
Colonists of Islands -- Fernando Noronha -- Bahia -- Burnished Rocks
-- Habits of a Diodon -- Pelagic Confervae and Infusoria -- Causes
of discoloured Sea
Rio de Janeiro -- Excursion north of Cape Frio -- Great Evaporation
-- Slavery -- Botofogo Bay -- Terrestrial Planariae -- Clouds on
the Corcovado -- Heavy Rain -- Musical Frogs -- Phosphorescent
Insects --Elater, springing powers of -- Blue Haze -- Noise made by
a Butterfly --Entomology -- Ants -- Wasp killing a Spider --
Parasitical Spider -- Artifices of an Epeira -- Gregarious Spider --
Spider with an unsymmetrical Web
Monte Video -- Excursion to R. Polanco -- Lazo and Bolas --
Partridges -- Absence of Trees -- Deer -- Capybara, or River Hog --
Tucutuco -- Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits -- Tyrant-flycatcher --
Mocking-bird -- Carrion Hawks -- Tubes formed by Lightning -- House
struck
CHAPTER 4: RIO NEGRO TO BAHIA BLANCA
Rio Negro -- Estancias attacked by the Indians -- Salt-Lakes --
Flamingoes -- R. Negro to R. Colorado -- Sacred Tree -- Patagonian
Hare -- Indian Families -- General Rosas -- Proceed to Bahia Blanca
-- Sand Dunes -- Negro Lieutenant -- Bahia Blanca -- Saline
Incrustations -- Punta Alta -- Zorillo
Bahia Blanca -- Geology -- Numerous gigantic Quadrupeds -- Recent
Extinction -- Longevity of species -- Large Animals do not require a
luxuriant vegetation -- Southern Africa -- Siberian Fossils -- Two
Species of Ostrich -- Habits of Oven-bird -- Armadilloes -- Venomous
Snake, Toad, Lizard -- Hybernation of Animal -- Habits of Sea-Pen --
Indian Wars and Massacres -- Arrow-head, antiquarian Relic
CHAPTER 6: BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRES
Set out for Buenos Ayres -- Rio Sauce -- Sierra Ventana -- Third
Posta -- Driving Horses -- Bolas -- Partridges and Foxes -- Features
of the Country -- Long-legged Plover -- Teru-tero -- Hail-storm --
Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen -- Flesh of Puma -- Meat
Diet -- Guardia del Monte -- Effects of Cattle on the Vegetation --
Cardoon -- Buenos Ayres -- Corral where Cattle are Slaughtered
CHAPTER 7: BUENOS AYRES AND ST. FE
Excursion to St. Fe -- Thistle Beds -- Habits of the Bizcacha --
Little Owl -- Saline Streams -- Level Plain -- Mastodon -- St. Fe --
Change in Landscape -- Geology -- Tooth of extinct Horse -- Relation
of the Fossil and recent Quadrupeds of North and South America --
Effects of a great Drought -- Parana -- Habits of the Jaguar
--Scissor-beak -- Kingfisher, Parrot, and Scissor-tail -- Revolution
-- Buenos Ayres State of Government
CHAPTER 8: BANDA ORIENTAL AND PATAGONIA
Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento -- Value of an Estancia --
Cattle, how counted -- Singular Breed of Oxen -- Perforated Pebbles
-- Shepherd Dogs -- Horses broken-in, Gauchos riding -- Character
of Inhabitants -- Rio Plata -- Flocks of Butterflies --Aeronaut
Spiders --Phosphorescence of the Sea -- Port Desire -- Guanaco --
Port St. Julian -- Geology of Patagonia -- Fossil gigantic Animal --
Types of Organization constant -- Change in the Zoology of America
-- Causes of Extinction
CHAPTER 9: SANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA, AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Santa Cruz -- Expedition up the River -- Indians -- Immense Streams
of Basaltic Lava -- Fragments not transported by the River --
Excavations of the Valley -- Condor, Habits of -- Cordillera --
Erratic Boulders of great size -- Indian Relics -- Return to the
Ship -- Falkland Islands -- Wild Horses, Cattle, Rabbits --
Wolf-like Fox -- Fire made of Bones -- Manner of Hunting Wild Cattle
-- Geology -- Streams of Stones -- Scenes of Violence -- Penguins --
Geese -- Eggs of Doris -- Compound Animals
Tierra del Fuego, first arrival -- Good Success Bay -- An Account of
the Fuegians on board -- Interview With the Savages -- Scenery of
the Forests -- Cape Horn -- Wigwam Cove -- Miserable Condition of
the Savages -- Famines -- Cannibals -- Matricide -- Religious
Feelings -- Great Gale -- Beagle Channel -- Ponsonby Sound -- Build
Wigwams and settle the Fuegians -- Bifurcation of the Beagle Channel
-- Glaciers -- Return to the Ship -- Second Visit in the Ship to the
Settlement -- Equality of Condition amongst the Natives
CHAPTER 11: STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. -- CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN
COASTS
Strait of Magellan -- Port Famine -- Ascent of Mount Tarn -- Forests
-- Edible Fungus -- Zoology -- Great Sea-weed -- Leave Tierra del
Fuego -- Climate -- Fruit-trees and Productions of the Southern
Coasts -- Height of Snow-line on the Cordillera -- Descent of
Glaciers to the Sea -- Icebergs formed -- Transportal of Boulders
--Climate and Productions of the Antarctic Islands -- Preservation
of Frozen Carcasses -- Recapitulation
Valparaiso -- Excursion to the Foot of the Andes -- Structure of
the Land -- Ascend the Bell of Quillota -- Shattered Masses of
Greenstone -- Immense Valleys -- Mines -- State of Miners --
Santiago --Hot-baths of Cauquenes -- Gold-mines -- Grinding-mills
-- Perforated Stones -- Habits of the Puma -- El Turco and Tapacolo
-- Hummingbirds
CHAPTER 13: CHILOE AND CHONOS ISLANDS
Chiloe -- General Aspect -- Boat Excursion -- Native Indians --
Castro -- Tame Fox -- Ascend San Pedro -- Chonos Archipelago --
Peninsula of Tres Montes -- Granitic Range -- Boat-wrecked Sailors
-- Low's Harbour -- Wild Potato -- Formation of Peat -- Myopotamus,
Otter and Mice -- Cheucau and Barking-bird -- Opetiorhynchus --
Singular Character of Ornithology -- Petrels
CHAPTER 14: CHILOE AND CONCEPCION: GREAT EARTHQUAKE
San Carlos, Chiloe -- Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with
Aconcagua and Coseguina -- Ride to Cucao -- Impenetrable Forests --
Valdivia Indians -- Earthquake -- Concepcion -- Great Earthquake --
Rocks fissured -- Appearance of the former Towns -- The Sea Black
and Boiling -- Direction of the Vibrations -- Stones twisted round
--Great Wave -- Permanent Elevation of the Land -- Area of Volcanic
Phenomena -- The connection between the Elevatory and Eruptive
Forces -- Cause of Earthquakes -- Slow Elevation of
Mountain-chains
CHAPTER 15: PASSAGE OF THE CORDILLERA
Valparaiso -- Portillo Pass -- Sagacity of Mules -- Mountain-
torrents -- Mines, how discovered -- Proofs of the gradual Elevation
of the Cordillera -- Effect of Snow on Rocks -- Geological Structure
of the two main Ranges, their distinct Origin and Upheaval -- Great
Subsidence -- Red Snow -- Winds -- Pinnacles of Snow -- Dry and
clear Atmosphere -- Electricity -- Pampas -- Zoology of the opposite
Side of the Andes -- Locusts -- Great Bugs -- Mendoza -- Uspallata
Pass -- Silicified Trees buried as they grew -- Incas Bridge --
Badness of the Passes exaggerated -- Cumbre -- Casuchas --
Valparaiso
CHAPTER 16: NORTHERN CHILE AND PERUX
Coast-road to Coquimbo -- Great Loads carried by the Miners --
Coquimbo -- Earthquake -- Step-formed Terrace -- Absence of recent
Deposits -- Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations --
Excursion up the Valley -- Road to Guasco -- Deserts -- Valley of
Copiapo -- Rain and Earthquakes -- Hydrophobia -- The Despoblado --
Indian Ruins -- Probable Change of Climate -- River-bed arched by an
Earthquake -- Cold Gales of Wind -- Noises from a Hill -- Iquique --
Salt Alluvium -- Nitrate of Soda -- Lima -- Unhealthy Country --
Ruins of Callao, overthrown by an Earthquake -- Recent Subsidence --
Elevated Shells on San Lorenzo, their decomposition -- Plain with
embedded Shells and fragments of Pottery -- Antiquity of the Indian
Race
CHAPTER 17: GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
The whole Group Volcanic -- Numbers of Craters -- Leafless Bushes
Colony at Charles Island -- James Island -- Salt-lake in Crater --
Natural History of the Group -- Ornithology, curious Finches --
Reptiles -- Great Tortoises, habits of -- Marine Lizard, feeds on
Sea-weed -- Terrestrial Lizard, burrowing habits, herbivorous --
Importance of Reptiles in the Archipelago -- Fish, Shells, Insects
-- Botany -- American Type of Organization -- Differences in the
Species or Races on different Islands -- Tameness of the Birds --
Fear of Man, an acquired Instinct
CHAPTER 18: TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND
Pass through the Low Archipelago -- Tahiti -- Aspect -- Vegetation
on the Mountains -- View of Eimeo -- Excursion into the Interior --
Profound Ravines -- Succession of Waterfalls -- Number of wild
useful Plants -- Temperance of the Inhabitants -- Their moral state
-- Parliament convened -- New Zealand -- Bay of Islands -- Hippahs
-- Excursion to Waimate -- Missionary Establishment -- English Weeds
now run wild -- Waiomio -- Funeral of a New Zealand Woman -- Sail
for Australia
Sydney -- Excursion to Bathurst -- Aspect of the Woods -- Party of
Natives -- Gradual Extinction of the Aborigines -- Infection
generated by associated Men in health -- Blue Mountains -- View of
the grand gulf-like Valleys -- Their origin and formation --
Bathurst, general civility of the Lower Orders -- State of Society
-- Van Diemen's Land -- Hobart Town -- Aborigines all banished --
Mount Wellington -- King George's Sound -- Cheerless Aspect of the
Country -- Bald Head, calcareous casts of branches of Trees -- Party
of Natives -- Leave Australia
CHAPTER 20: KEELING ISLAND: -- CORAL FORMATIONS
Keeling Island -- Singular appearance -- Scanty Flora -- Transport
of Seeds -- Birds and Insects -- Ebbing and flowing Springs --
Fields of dead Coral -- Stones transported in the roots of Trees --
Great Crab -- Stinging Corals -- Coral eating Fish -- Coral
Formations -- Lagoon Islands, or Atolls -- Depth at which
reef-building Corals can live -- Vast Areas interspersed with low
Coral Islands -- Subsidence of their foundations -- Barrier Reefs --
Fringing Reefs -- Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs,
and into Atolls -- Evidence of changes in Level -- Breaches in
Barrier Reefs -- Maldiva Atolls, their peculiar structure -- Dead
and submerged Reefs -- Areas of subsidence and elevation --
Distribution of Volcanoes -- Subsidence slow, and vast in
amount
CHAPTER 21: MAURITIUS TO ENGLAND
Mauritius, beautiful appearance of -- Great crateriform ring of
Mountains -- Hindoos -- St. Helena -- History of the changes in the
Vegetation -- Cause of the extinction of Land-shells -- Ascension --
Variation in the imported Rats -- Volcanic Bombs -- Beds of
Infusoria -- Bahia -- Brazil -- Splendour of Tropical Scenery --
Pernambuco -- Singular Reef -- Slavery -- Return to England --
Retrospect on our Voyage
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