Fires, pampa, 140, 142, 143, 154, 220-222

FitzRoy, 254

Flamingo, 136, 187, 189

Forests, 224, 233, 265, 272-276, 296

Fox, pampa or grey, 26, 120, 231, 245-246, 258-259

• red or Cordillera wolf, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269, 274, 280
• (Canis montanus), 260

Fuchsia, 228, 272

Gallegos, 2, 287, 289-291

Gateado, 51, 55, 61

Gaucho, 1, 12, 13, 32, 35-36, 38, 141

Genguel, River, 75, 120

Glaciers, 266-268, 272-275

Glaucidium nanum, see pigmy owl

Gleditzsch, Fritz, 36-37, 68-69

Goose, ashy-headed, 37

• upland, 73, 76, 79, 107, 123, 136

Grebe, 126, 209

Greenshields, 17, 30

Guanaco,

• description, 27, 31, 81, 83, 105, 156, 256
• habitat, 68, 107, 236, 254, 269, 280
• habits, 43, 147, 236-239, 246, 255, 256
• hunting with bolas, 105-107
  • with dogs, 106, 169, 237, 257
  • with rifle, 31, 49, 59-60, 138-140
• mortality, 189, 203, 254
• numbers, 27, 169, 189, 231, 254
• skins, 83, 95

Gun, shot, 78

HÆmatopus palliatus, see American oyster catcher

HÄhansen, Bernardo, 183, 205-207, 213, 217, 264-265, 283, 286, 291

Hardy, Mrs., 185

Hawk, 275

Hell Gate, 220, 261-263, 277, 278

Hollesen, 68

Horqueta, 56

Horses, branding, 66

• buying, 22
• cargoing, 50-51, 55-56, 74
• crossing river, 199, 211
• friendships, 52
• Indian, 110
• names, 35
• number, 26, 33
• shoeing, 183
• shooting with, 160
• size, 110
• straying, 37, 39
• taming, 35, 36, 110

Huemul,

• description, 146, 243, 249-250
• habitat, 128, 248-249, 269, 280
• habits, 163, 240-242, 249-251

Ibis, black-faced, 135

Icebergs, 267, 270, 274, 279

Incensio, 90

Indians, see Tehuelches

Indian trail, 5, 109, 140, 171

Jaguar (felis onca), 68, 248, 325-326

Jeinemeni, River, 159, 161

Jones, H., 23, 76, 77, 139, 158, 166, 178, 242, 248

Katarina, River, 261, 279, 283-285

La Cancha, Laguna, 117

La Gaviota, 177, 179

Lama huanachus, see Guanaco

Lapwings, cayenne, 187

Lasso, 77, 80

Launch,

• breakdown, 213, 268, 271
• description, 197, 200-201
• passage of Leona, 204-212
  • North Fjord, 262-270, 278-280
  • South Fjord, 271-274

LeÑa dura, 228, 263, 265, 269, 286

Leona, River, 198, 201-212

Lion, see puma

Madrina, 34

Magellan, 5, 87

Mareca sibilatrix, see widgeon

Martineta, 49

MatÉ, 28, passim

Mauser, 49, 151, 157, 164, 233

Metopiana peposaca, see rosy-billed duck

Mirage, 4, 29, 47

Moreno, Dr. F. P., 10, 242, 248, 261-262, 301-304

Moro, 290

Musters, Capt. G. C., 79, 88, 93, 99, 101, 247, 251, 332

Musters, Lake, 61

Mylodon, antiquity, 312-313, 315, 317, 329, 330

• description of auditory ossicles, 321
  • brain cavity, 320
  • excrement, 323-324
  • skin, 305-309, 322-323
  • skull and mandible, 317-320
  • vertebrÆ and limb-bones, 321
• discovery of remains, 302-304, 315-316
• identification, 309-315, 324-325
• number, 316
• Tehuelche Legends, 330-333

Olin, River, 172

Onas,

• hunting, 107
• ill-treatment of, 109
• physique, 108
• weapons, 7
• women, 108

Onohippidium saldiasi, 327

Orchids, 276

Ostrich, 26, 42, 43, 106, 231, 239

• eggs, 45, 63, 146, 163
• feathers, 119
• habits, 136, 163, 239
• hunting, 136, 137

Otter, 260

Overo, 41, 52

Owl, 275

• pigmy, 269

Oyster-catchers, 117

Pampas, 1, 2, 4, 29, 30, 129, 174, 242, 291

Waggon, 42, 44, 47-49

Waldron, 11

Welsh colonies, 11, 21-23

• colonists, 12, 22, 23, 64

Widgeon, 49, 58, 61, 133, 136, 269, 282

Wind, 116, 127

Wolf, Cordillera, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269, 274, 280

Woodpecker, red-crested, 279

Xenelaphus bisulcus, see huemul

Zaino, Little, 160, 167

• old, 55, 71