D i em e n s L a n d— H o b a r t T ow n— A b o rig in e s a ll b a n is h e d— M o u n t
W e llin g to n— K in g G e o rg e ’s S o u n d— C h e e rle s s a s p e c t o f c o u n try—
B a ld H e a d , c a lc a re o u s c a sts lik e b r a n c h e s o f tr e e s— P a r ty o f n a tiv e s—
L e a v e A u s tr a lia • • . . . 5 1 5
C H A P T E R X X I I .
K e e lin g Is la n d— S in g u la r a p p e a r a n c e of— S c a n ty F lo ra— T r a n s p o r t o f seed s
— B ird s a n d in se c ts— E b b in g a n d flow in g s p rin g s— C o r a l fo rm a tio n s r e s
is tin g p ow e r o f o c e an— F ie ld s o f d e a d c o ra l— S to n e s t r a n s p o r te d b y
ro o ts o f tr e e s— G r e a t c ra b— S tin g in g c o ra ls— S t ru c tu r e o f lag o o n islan d s
— E n c irc lin g a n d B a r r ie r re e fs— G e n e r a l p ro o fs o f su b s id e n c e in th e
P a c ific— T h e o ry o f lag o o n isla n d s c a u s e d b y su b s id e n c e o f th e l a n d—
Pa c ific a n d I n d ia n o c e an s d iv id e d in to a lt e rn a t e a re a s o f e le v a tio n a n d
s u b s id e n c e— P o in ts o f e ru p tio n lie w ith in th e a re a s o f e le v a tio n . 539
C H A P T E R X X I I I .
M a u ritiu s , b e a u tifu l a p p e a r a n c e o f— H in d o o s— C a p e o f G o o d H o p e— S t.
H e le n a— Geo lo g y— H is to ry o f c h an g e s in v e g e ta tio n , p ro b a b le c a u se
o f e x tin c tio n o f lan d -sb e ils— A s c e n s io n— G r e e n H i l l— C u rio u s in c ru s ta tio
n s o f c a lc a re o u s m a t t e r o n tid a l ro ck s— B a h ia— B ra z il— S p le n d o u r
o f tro p ic a l s c en e ry— P e r n am b u c o— S in g u la r r e e f— A z o re s— S u p p o s e d
c r a t e r— H in t s to c o lle c to rs— R e tro s p e c t o f th e m o s t im p re ss iv e p a r ts o f
th e v o y ag e . . . . . . 5 7 0
A d d e n d a 6 0 9
I n d e x .
J O U R N A L
CHAUL E S D ARWIN, M.A. ,
NATURALIST TO THE BEAGLE.
C H A P T E R I .
P o r to P r a y a— R ib e ir a G r a n d e— D r y a n d c le a r a tm o s p h e re— E f fe c t o f
la v a o n c a lc a re o u s b e a c h— H a b its o f A p ly s ia a n d O c to p u s— S t. P a u l ’s
ro c k n o n -v o lc a n ic— In c ru s ta tio n s a n d s ta la c tite s o f p h o s p h a te o f lim e—
In s e c ts firs t c o lo n is ts— F e rn a n d o N o ro n h a— B a h ia— E x t e n t o f g r a n ite
— B u rn ish e d ro ck s— H a b i ts o f D io d o n— P e la g ic confervae, in fu so ria—
C a u s e s o f d isc o lo u re d se a.
ST. JAGO CAPE DE V ER B ISLA ND S .
J a n . 16t h , 1 8 3 2 .— The neighbourhood of Porto Praya,
viewed from the sea, wears a desolate aspect. The volcanic
fire of past ages, and the scorching heat of a tropical sun,
have in most places rendered the soil sterile and unfit for
vegetation. The country rises in successive steps of table
land, interspersed with some truncate conical hills, and the
horizon is bounded by an irregular chain of more lofty
mountains. The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere
of this climate, is one of great interest; if,
indeed, a person, fresh from the sea, and who has just
■walked, for the first time, in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, can
be a judge of any thing but his own happiness. The island
would generally be considered as very uninteresting ; but to
any one accustomed only to an English landscape, the novel
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